[2] The only town on the island is Dunmore Town, named after the governor of the Bahamas from 1786 to 1798, John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore, who had a summer residence on Harbour Island.

The pink hue comes from a species of foraminifera, a microscopic organism that actually has a reddish-pink shell.

Harbour Island is a popular vacation destination for Americans.

Known as Briland to the locals, the Island is colourful with English Colonial-style buildings and flower-lined streets.

In the mid-1960s, the American actor Brett King and his wife, Sharon, established the Coral Sands Hotel in Harbour Island.