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Map of Liberty City with a red circle to highlight Charge Island.

Charge Island is a small island featured in the Grand Theft Auto IV and Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars renditions of Liberty City.

Description

Based on Ward's and 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.

Much of the island is in the shadow of the East Borough Bridge which connects the three boroughs, which features tollbooths that the player must pay ($5) to go through in order to travel north to Bohan or west to Algonquin.

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 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 Little Hell Gate in the middle of the island, while the unnamed channel to the east is comparable to Hell Gate in Astoria. The shorter channel on the northern tip of the island is presumably based of Bronx Kill, although Bronx Kill is much narrower in reality.

Prominent appearances in missions

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 viewpoint. The island's baseball field is also the destination for both the players and Kenny Petrovic in the Hangman's NOOSE multiplayer mode.

The Charge Island desalination plant is also the primary location of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars's climatic mission ("Salt in the Wound"), where Huang Lee pursues his uncle Wu Lee through the plant while being aided by Wade Heston.

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 [[File:Charge Island location.jpg|thumb|250px|Map of [[Liberty City in GTA IV Era|Liberty City]] with a red circle to highlight '''Charge Island'''.]]
-'''Charge Island''' is a small island, 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. Much of the island is in the shadow of the [[East Borough Bridge]] which connects the three boroughs. They have toll booths ($5) that the player must go through, in order to go north to Bohan, or west to Algonquin. Driving through the toll booth without stopping will automatically result with one star added to the players [[wanted level]] (assuming they are not wanted prior to).
+'''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 almost entirely dedicated to industrial activity, the enormous East Borough Bridge and water treatment facility make it decidedly unappealing for residential development; in addition to the abovementioned bridge foundations and sewage works, the island features a boathouse, cargo dock and fuel repository, with an oil tanker docked there at the time of [[Grand Theft Auto IV]]. The island is featured twice in the game's story, in the missions [[Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend]] and [[Catch the Wave]]. A little forest with a creek is also present in the west part of the island. The small creek is based off the [[wp:Little Hell Gate|Little Hell Gate]] in the middle of the island. The unnamed channel to the east is based of [[wp:Hell Gate|Hell Gate]] in [[wp: Astoria, Queens|Astoria]]. The shorter channel on the northern tip of the island is based of [[wp:Bronx Kill|Bronx Kill]], though that the Bronx Kill is much smaller in person.
+== Description ==
+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 Charge Island Desalination plant is the main location of the [[Climax]] mission ([[Salt in the Wound]]) in [[Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars]], where Huang Lee pursues his uncle [[Wu Lee]] through the plant aided by [[Wade Heston]].
+Much of the island is in the shadow of the [[East Borough Bridge]] which connects the three boroughs, which features [[tollbooth]]s that the player must pay ($5) to go through in order to travel north to Bohan or west to Algonquin.
-There is also a baseball field in the northern part, which is identical to the one in [[Meadows Park]]. The baseball field might be based off [[wp:Icahn Stadium|Icahn Stadium]].
+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]]).
-Charge Island is based on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward%27s_Island Ward's] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randall%27s_Island Randall's Island].
+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.
+== Prominent appearances in missions ==
+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 viewpoint. The island's baseball field is also the destination for both the players and [[Kenny Petrovic]] 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]].
 {{Dukes neighborhoods}}
 [[Category:Islands]]