Search below for stories about ships, lighthouses, sailors and anything else about life on Lake Michigan. The database contains references to articles from the Ahnapee (Algoma) Record (June 12, 1873 to Jan. 7, 1927), the Door County Advocate (Nov. 8, 1861 to Dec. 22, 1949), and the Manitowoc Pilot (June 14, 1859 to Dec. 28, 1899). The results will direct you to the date and page in these newspapers where the article can be found.
Microfilm copies of the Ahnapee (Algoma) Record are available at the Wisconsin Historical Society Library in Madison, Algoma Public Library in Algoma. Microfilm copies of the Door County Advocate are available at the Wisconsin Historical Society Library in Madison, the Door County Public Library in Sturgeon Bay, and the Brown County Library in Green Bay. Microfilm of the Manitowoc Pilot are available at the Manitowoc County Historical Society, the Manitowoc Public Library, and the Wisconsin Historical Society in Madison.
Check with your local library about obtaining the microfilm via interlibrary loan.
| Newspaper | Object | Name | Date | Page | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Door County Advocate | Schooner | Cora | 1905-05-20 | 1 | Wind-bound | |
| Door County Advocate | Schooner | Cora | 1912-12-26 | 1 | Winter fleet in Menominee river | |
| Door County Advocate | Schooner | Cora | 1911-09-14 | 1 | info on trips and load | |
| Door County Advocate | Schooner | Cora | 1905-11-25 | 1 | Held up for 3 wks. with weather | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Cora | 1881-11-24 | 3 | Schooner Cora sold out a cargo of apples here and cleared with grain for M. Teweles, for Milwaukee. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Cora | 1891-11-26 | 3 | Arrived with a part cargo of apples and other fall fruits. If weather is favorable she will leave for a cruise northward. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Cora | 1916-06-02 | 1 | An unusual sight was witnessed along the water front last Friday. Three sailing vessels all discharged cargoes here on the same day.. They were the Cora, James Hall and Isolda Bock. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Cora | 1915-10-08 | 2 | Kewaunee. Loaded with a cargo of short wood for the W. Seyk Company, the little schooner Cora, Captain John Lockland, arrived here Saturday evening from Thompson, Mich. The vessel cleared and sailed on Tuesday for Thompson. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Cora | 1915-08-20 | 1 | The gasoline power schooner Cora was in this week from Thompson, Michigan with a load of wood for the Algoma Fuel Company. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Cora | 1916-09-15 | 5 | In port with a cargo of slabs picked up north of Sturgeon Bay. |
This database is a cooperative effort of the Wisconsin Underwater Archaeology Association (WUAA), the Wisconsin Historical Society (WHS), and the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute. The project is spearheaded by WUAA member Russel Leitz, who helped develop a framework for the database and painstakingly combed through 54 years of the Ahnapee (Algoma) Record, 87 years of the Door County Advocate and 40 years of the Manitowoc Pilot for maritime news. The more than 50,000 references are the fruit of his labor alone.