Next we crossed over the bay to Cape Elizabeth, where starting in 1941, 3700 women known as “Rosie the Riviter” built hundreds of cargo ships helping to win WW II. These women built one ship every 52 days. Also there is Portland Lighthead Lighthouse, built in 1789. It was the first lighthouse to be built in Maine. Maine has 63 lighthouses. It has 3500 miles of shore line do to the many arms and bays. Other statistics we found interesting: it has 6000 lakes and ponds and 17 million acres of forests.