Portree used Portree's pier as a rest point. The town also began exporting fish at this time, which contributed greatly to the local economy. The town had the last manual telephone exchange in the UK, which closed in 1976. Portree shale is a geologic association in the vicinity of Portree, the existence of which is linked with potential petroleum occurrences of commercial importance. Portree Portree (; , ) is the largest town on Skye in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. It is the location for the only secondary school on the island, Portree High School. Public transport services are limited to
Victoria Principal to study at law school, and would support herself if needed through small acting roles on television, rather than in feature films, so as to fund her future college tuition. In 1977, she made a return to acting in a guest appearance on the pilot of the television series "Fantasy Island" which aired on the ABC network, and in the 1977 television film "The Night They Took Miss Beautiful" on the NBC network. The initial offer to return to acting came when television producer, Aaron Spelling, directly offered Principal a role in the pilot of his television series "Fantasy Island,"