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==Development==
Great Harbour Cay underwent a period of 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
Combined with the 9-hole golf course designed by Joe Lee and constructed by [[Jack Nicklaus#Golf course design|Golf Force]], the full-service marina, and other island attractions of fishing and diving, the island looks set for a surge in development.
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===Bullock's Harbour===
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.
===Shark Creek===
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A female [[manatee]] and her mate were discovered in the harbour in December 1999. The manatee was nicknamed 'Manny', and was believed to have strayed from the Florida coast after a tropical storm or hurricane in 1999. A young boy named Michael Morris documented a swim with the manatee on film.
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
In 2012, rescued
==Dolphins==
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* [http://www.consultresearch.com/GHC2.htm More Information of Great Harbour Cay]
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