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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 mornings at the beach hut enjoying a cup of coffee. with his friend Stephanie; Operations Manager of Revitalizing post-bankruptcy in 1976. 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.
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.
* [http://www.consultresearch.com/GHC2.htm More Information of Great Harbour Cay]
[[Category:Islands of the Bahamas]]
[[Category:Berry Islands]]
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