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'''Charge Island''' is a small island in the [[Humboldt River]], lying between [[Algonquin]] to the west,  [[Dukes]] to the east, and [[Bohan]] to the north.  Much of the island is in the shadow of the [[East Borough Bridge]] which connects the three boroughs, making it an important interchange for travel.  It is based on [[wikipedia:Randall's Island|Randall's]] and [[wikipedia:Wards Island|Wards]] islands.
[[File:ChargeIsland-GTAIV-southwestwards.jpg|thumb|450px|Charge Island in GTA IV, as viewed to the southwest.]]
'''Charge Island''' is a small island featured in the [[Grand Theft Auto IV]] and [[Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars]] renditions of [[Liberty City in GTA IV Era|Liberty City]].


Charge Island is rather undeveloped, most likely because it is too small to house services that will prosper with a large sphere of influence.  Furthermore, its main use seems to be housing the structure and support for the huge East Borough Bridge, and a huge Water Treatment Facility. Because of this, Charge Island is quiet and possesses no important features. It does however possess a cargo dock, fuel repository, a boathouse, and even an oil tanker. The island is used twice, in the missions [[Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend]] and [[Catch the Wave]].
== Character ==
Based on [[wp:Ward's Island|Ward's]] and [[wp:Randall's Island|Randall's Island]], Charge Island is officially part of the borough of [[Dukes]] in the [[Humboldt River]], lying between [[Algonquin]] to the west, Dukes to the east, and [[Bohan]] to the north. The size of the island is roughly on par to that of [[Colony Island]] further south.


{{Dukes neighborhoods}}[[Category:Locations in GTA IV]]
Charge Island is almost entirely dedicated to industrial activity, the enormous East Borough Bridge and water treatment facility (also suggested to be a desalination plant) make it decidedly unappealing for residential development; in addition to the abovementioned bridge foundations and water works, the island features a boathouse and cargo dock to the northwest, a fuel repository to the east (with an oil tanker docked there at the time of [[Grand Theft Auto IV]]), and a baseball field to the northeast that is identical to the one in [[Meadows Park]] (The island's baseball field might be based off [[wp:Icahn Stadium|Icahn Stadium]]).
 
A little forest with a creek is also present in the west part of the island; the small creek is similar to the [[wp:Little Hell Gate|Little Hell Gate]] in the middle of the island, while the unnamed channel to the east is comparable to [[wp:Hell Gate|Hell Gate]] in [[wp: Astoria, Queens|Astoria]]. The shorter channel on the northern tip of the island is presumably based of [[wp:Bronx Kill|Bronx Kill]], although Bronx Kill is much narrower in reality.
 
== Transport ==
Much of Charge Island is situated in the shadow of the [[East Borough Bridge]] which connects Dukes, Bohan and Algonquin. As a result, the island is primarily accessible via the bridge through three onramps between the Dukes-Charge Island span and the Algonquin-Charge Island span; two ramps leading to the southwest corner of the island are located just south of the bridge's [[tollbooth]]s, while the third ramp to the eastern side of the island is located north of the tollbooth, off the southbound lane.
 
== Prominent appearances in missions ==
[[File:ChargeIsland-GTAIV-map-location.jpg|thumb|250px|Charge Island's position in relation to [[Liberty City in GTA IV Era|Liberty City]]'s other islands.]]
 
The island is featured twice in GTA IV's storyline, in the missions "[[Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend]]" and "[[Catch the Wave]]", as well as The Ballad of Gay Tony's "[[Ladies Half Price]]", which plays out events of "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" from a different perspective. The island's baseball field is also the destination in the [[Hangman's NOOSE]] [[Multiplayer in GTA IV|multiplayer mode]].
 
The Charge Island desalination plant is also the primary location of [[Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars]]'s [[Climax|climatic mission]] ("[[Salt in the Wound]]"), where Huang Lee pursues his uncle [[Wu Lee]] through the plant while being aided by [[Wade Heston]].
 
In GTA IV, a parking lot in Charge Island is one of Little Jacob's gun car spawn points.
 
== See also ==
*[[Colony Island]]
 
{{Dukes neighborhoods}}
[[Category:Areas in Dukes]]
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