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
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island on Gilligan's Island" featured a laugh track. The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island is a 1981 made-for-television comedy film. It is the third of three movies that reunited the cast of the 1964–67 sitcom "Gilligan's Island". The film aired on NBC on May 15, 1981. The former castaways own and operate a vacation resort on the formerly-deserted island, called "The Castaways", which was introduced in the previous film, "The Castaways on Gilligan's Island". Thurston Howell III has some business in the mainlands and his son Thurston Howell IV came to the island and runs