to increase the number of visitors in both parks. The president of the Monroe County Historical Society, William Braunlich, hoped to complete elements in the park before the bicentennial celebration of the Battle of Frenchtown on January 22, 2013. The site began operations as a national park unit on October 22, 2010. In 2014, the park expanded by adding a disconnected coastal parcel that includes a historic corduroy road, a remnant of Hull's Trace, a military road that connected Fort Detroit to Ohio. The Hull's Trace Unit at the beginning of West Jefferson Avenue in Brownstown Township, about 13 miles northeast of the battlefield park, had been managed by Wayne County Parks, and is now cooperatively managed by the National Park Service, the county, U.S. Silica, and the Michigan Departments of Natural Resources and Environmental Quality. It is an unstaffed site. Spurred in part by planned construction of the Gordie Howe International Bridge between Detroit and Windsor, historic Fort Wayne in Detroit was studied in 2017 and 2018 as a possible addition to the national park system, including as a unit of River Raisin National Battlefield Park. The National Park Service had previously assisted in identifying ways to preserve Fort Wayne and draw visitors. Historic markers External links River Raisin National Battlefield Park, National Park Service References Landmarks of the War of 1812 Monroe, Michigan National Park Service areas in Michigan Archaeological sites in Michigan Protected areas established in 2009 Museums in Monroe County, Michigan Michigan State Historic Sites in Monroe County Michigan in the War of 1812 Protected areas of Monroe County, Michigan Military and war museums in Michigan Museums of the War of 1812 Parks in Michigan 2009 establishments in Michigan Parks on the National Register of Historic Places in Michigan National Battlefields and Military Parks of the United States