An artificially created 160 acre island on the near north-west side of the city, created when Mayor William Ogden commisioned a canal to be dug in the northern branch of the Chicago River- meant to bypass a 1-2 mile section of the river that wound back and forth between what is today North Avenue and Chicago Avenue. The island's first use was that of a low-kept housing area for poorer Irish immigrants who moved there after being forced out from the growing downtown region. The island's name supposedly comes from the geese Irish immigrants raised in their back yard. By the turn of the century, however, Goose Island had developed into an industrial site criss crossed with bridges and rail lines. While efforts were made in the late 1980s and '90s to turn the island back into a residential zone (one likely more affluent than it was in its first incarnation), Mayor Daley declared the island a "Protected Manufacturing District". Today most people don't even realize they have crossed the island as they rush across it on Division Street, jetting past warehouses and industrial offices.

From a Kindred perspective, Goose Island is one of the more important areas in the city. Not only does the island serve as something of a nexus point between the Carthian (the island is held by them), Invictus (the west side of the river representing their eastern border), and Crone (their northern border defined by Division street) regencies, it is also the famous home of Farragut's "Pillar of Law" and the site of the Goose Island Compact. Rumors that Farragut also makes his haven somewhere on this island...perhaps hidden within an inocuous warehouse, further bring import to this tiny island.

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