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Great Harbour Cay underwent a period inof intense and successful development in the late 1960s when famous persons such as [[Cary Grant]], [[Douglas Fairbanks]], [[Brigitte Bardot]]{{Citation needed|date=May 2007}} and the [[Rat Pack]] vacationed there along with [[Telly Savalas]] who had his own landing pad (Kojak) for his helicopter. The Rat Pack frequented the Sugar Beach Hotel. [[F. Lee Bailey]] frequented with his helicopter and spent early morningmornings at the beach hut enjoying a cup of coffee. Francis Shields was rumored to live on the island though never seen even after development slowed and then stopped in the late 1970s. AttemptsStephanie B. was hired as Operations Manager of Revitalizing post-bankruptcy in 1976. The island had very few residents. The airport runway had no lighting. The 9-hole golf course and country club were in disrepair, villas along the marina were abandoned, resources were extremely limited. Considering the circumstances & attempts made in the late 1970s into the early 1980s to revitalize Great Harbour Cay; but these were overshadowed by drug and weapons traffictrafficking in 1983, resident 79-85 source (Book: Drugs, Law Enforcement And Foreign Policy - Report by the Committee on Foreign Relations, US Senate), and the island has been quiet since. The recently elected Bahamian government has made an effort to revive the tourism industry, especially on the outer islands, and great progress and interest has been rekindled in the smaller islands.

Access from Great Harbour Cay to Bullocks Harbour was over a manual crank bridge: Bullocks Harbour and Great Harbour are separated by an ocean inlet and tall cliffs. In the late 1970s, there was one building that served as a health facility, post office, and operator-assisted telephone. Across the street, there was an old home converted into a schoolhouse. There was one grocery store with live chickens and two bars known as the Chicken Coop and The Grave Yard. Resident(SB) 79-85 source.

Its mate was rumoured to have spent many months around Great Harbour, but then became solitary once again leaving the female behind, who is believed to have had a calf some timesometime in 2000.

In 2012, rescued manateemanatees were brought from Atlantis to the island, where they quickly were accepted by the already present group.