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== Character == | == 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 | 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. | ||
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 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. | 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 exclusively accessible via road through three onramps between the Dukes-Charge Island span and the Algonquin-Charge Island span (on both sides of the bridge's [[tollbooth]]s). | |||
The island is otherwise only reachable by boat. | |||
== Prominent appearances in missions == | == Prominent appearances in missions == | ||