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Bumpkin Island
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Bumpkin Island, also known as Round Island, Bomkin Island, Bumkin Island, or Ward's Island, is an island in the Hingham Bay area of the Boston Harbor. In 1902, Albert Burrage, a Boston philanthropist, had a summer hospital opened on the island for children with physical disabilities. During WWI the island was used by the U.S. Navy. After the war the island was used as a facility for polio patients. However, the hospital burned down in 1945.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url = http://www.nps.gov/boha/historyculture/facts-bump.htm )〕 Since 1996, it is part of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. The island has an area of , plus an intertidal zone of a further . It is composed of a central drumlin with an elevation of above sea level, surrounded by a rock-strewn shoreline. A sand spit, exposed at low tide, connects the eastern end of the island to Sunset Point in Hull.
On weekends and summer weekdays, Bumpkin Island is accessible by a shuttle boat to and from Georges Island, which connects from there with ferries to Boston and Quincy.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url = http://www.nps.gov/boha/parkdocs/boatschedule.pdf ) (Camping is also available.)〕
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