Refuge Island

Refuge Island lies in the Ohio River, just one and a half miles downstream from the Point, where it forms from the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers. Two communities — the Allegheny and the Monongahela — come to the island at different parts of the year (the Allegheny in the spring and summer, and the Monongahela in the autumn and winter).

One will find the ruins of an ancient power station here, overgrown and completely consumed by the jungle. Even in the old world when the power station ran, though, a surprising diversity of wildlife thrived on the island. In the Fifth World, it has became a place where humans tread lightly, keeping to the shores, so as not to intrude on the wilderness of the place.

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