Editing Wayne County, Michigan (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|673|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|612|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|61|sqmi}} (9.0%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_26.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 28, 2014|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113024015/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_26.txt|archive-date=November 13, 2013}}</ref> Its water area includes parts of the [[Detroit River]] and [[Lake St. Clair]].

Wayne County borders on [[Oakland County, Michigan|Oakland County]] and [[Macomb County, Michigan|Macomb County]] to the north, [[Washtenaw County, Michigan|Washtenaw County]] to the west, [[Essex County, Ontario|Essex County]], Ontario, Canada to the east, and [[Monroe County, Michigan|Monroe County]] to the south.

The eastern (and sometimes southern) boundary is a water boundary in the Detroit River and Lake St. Clair with Essex County, [[Ontario]]. Automotive traffic crosses this boundary at the [[Detroit–Windsor Tunnel]] and the [[Ambassador Bridge]]. Due to the southwestern course of the river, this small portion of Canada actually lies to the south of Wayne County. The southern communities of the county are usually referred to as ''[[Downriver]]'', in reference to their location downstream of downtown Detroit.

[[Grosse Ile (Michigan)|Grosse Ile]] is the largest island in the county and is connected to the mainland by the [[Wayne County Bridge]] and the [[Grosse Ile Toll Bridge]]. The highest elevation ({{convert|990|ft}}) in the county is near [[Northville, Michigan|Northville]], in [[Maybury State Park]].

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Washtenaw County, Michigan|Washtenaw County]] (west)
* [[Monroe County, Michigan|Monroe County]] (south/southwest)
* [[Essex County, Ontario]], Canada (east/southeast)
* [[Lambton County, Ontario]], Canada (east/northeast across [[Lake St. Clair]])
* [[Macomb County, Michigan|Macomb County]] (north/northeast)
* [[Oakland County, Michigan|Oakland County]] (north)

===National protected area===
* [[Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge]] (part)