After Helene, the city made the decision to keep memorial benches off the beaches. Harris said they would either be going home with someone or in a City of Treasure Island park.

Jacques Cousteau deemed it "the most beautiful island in the world." Michael Crichton wrote "Jurassic Park" with it in mind. Robert Louis Stevenson may have based his classic "Treasure Island" on it.

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