Casco Bay Ferry Terminal • Commercial & Franklin Streets • Portland • 207-774-7871 cascobaylines.com/summer Summer is finally here! It’s time to cruise Casco Bay on a Casco Bay Line ferry. With seven different islands to explore and a variety of cruises with daily departure times, just pick the date and the island and let’s cruise. Visit cascobaylines.com/summer for schedule information and complete details. CRUISE CASCO BAY! This Summer Above: Are ship figureheads having a 21st- century renaissance? Two have appeared on the walls of Exchange Street’s hottest new bar,Blyth & Burrows.For ownerJoshua Miranda,they were an essential aspect of the design.“The bar is named for sea captains Samuel Blyth andWilliam Burrows (buried in the East End Cemetery).The two figureheads represent each captain’s ship,but I secretly think of them as their wives.I bought them from Portland Architectural Salvage on Preble Street.” LOBSTERING & LIGHTHOUSE CRUISES DEPARTING CAMDEN ABOARD LIVELY LADY CHOOSE FROM A VARIETY OF TOURS! CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE FOR DETAILS Learn about sea life as we haul our lobster trap • Touch tank See lighthouses, schooners, yachts, mansions & wildlife up close Comfortable, shaded seating • Beverages sold onboard • Private charters available BOOK ONLINE: www.CamdenHarborCruises.com RESERVE BY PHONE 207.236.6672 OR VISIT OUR TICKET BOOTH ON THE PUBLIC LANDING, CAMDEN, ME 04843 CAMDEN HARBOR CRUISES 74 p o r t l a n d monthly magazine meaghan maurice young nation eager to capture the commerce of the world. Some ship owners even had their own images carved and mounted onto the front of their vessel. Talk about showboating. Master of his Craft Among these carvers, Portland’s Nahum Littlefield could teach a master class. From his hand came “Neptunes, female figures with flowing robes” as well as “figures of the gods and goddesses,” said admiring newspapers, “Saints, life-size representa- tions of ship owners, and sweethearts.” A city of fantastic forms, “white and gilded figures…all done in wood.” hough he never went to sea himself, Littlefield was born in 1833 with saltwater in his veins. The son of two generations of ship carvers, his grandparents had lived beside the harbor in Falmouth until it was burned to