Zug Island

Zug Island is a heavily industrialized island located at the confluence of the River Rouge and Detroit River and is one of the districts of the Motor City Wasteland. In 2287, the island has become the main base of the Scribes of Midwestern Brotherhood of Steel, as well as the Brotherhood Inquisitors.

Background
Zug Island was once a marshy peninsula at the mouth of the River Rouge used as a burial ground by Native Americans. As the area started developing in the 1800s, the land became owned by Samuel Zug, a Pennsylvania bookkeeper. In 1888, a 60 ft. wide shipping canal was cut through the south section of Zug's property, a short cut that gave ships a more direct route than the River Rouge's meandering natural course. Three years later, Zug sold the newly-created island to industries who backfilled it and used it as a dumping ground.

Soon the island attracted the ironmaking industry. Two blast furnaces were constructed at the beginning of the 20th century to smelt ore mined in Michigan's Upper Peninsula; the two furnaces were said to be the largest of their kind in the world at the time. During this time, Michigan's automotive industry was beginning to catch wind, making the steel produced on Zug Island all the more important.

Before the Great War, Zug Island had become saturated with factories and steel mills, many of whom assisted in the war effort as part of America's "Arsenal of Democracy". Because of this, the island was off-limits to the public and had a standing security force of U.S. military personnel. Cameras were strictly forbidden on the island so photographs of the island are rare, except for those taken from afar. This led to a number of conspiracy theories about Zug Island, everything from secret bunkers under the island to alien technology being reverse-engineered in the factories. In 2075, a mysterious, low-pitched droning noise was heard by the citizens of Windsor, Ontario; it would become known as the "Windsor Hum". Early reports determined Zug Island was the source of the Hum (although the reports were later changed). This led to rumors the army was developing a new super-weapon on the island for the fight against the Chinese.

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