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Button Island
Button Island is a small island in Bear Lake west of Elwood City. In "D.W.'s Baby", D.W. asks Grandma Thora to
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take here there so that she can "live with the monkeys". However, Grandma convinces D.W. halfway there that Baby Kate needs a big sister and D.W. decides not to live there.
Real-Life Example
The Real Button Island is a small island in the Hingham Bay area of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. The island has a permanent size of under 1-acre (4,000 m2), plus an intertidal zone of a further 116 acres (0.47 km2). It is composed of a massing of glacial till which rises to a height of 10 feet (3.0 m) above sea level.
The island is managed by the town of Hingham, and access is by private boat only.[1]
The island is notable for a large oak tree, which together with several smaller oaks, cedars, andsumac cover the island. Shrub species such as bayberry and dewberry can also be found.Grasses and sea-lavender populate the inter-tidal zone.[1[1]]