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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
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Schooner Exchange 1900-08-17 1 In port due to weather. Information on the vessel.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Schooner Exchange 1899-07-28 3 The schooner Exchange bound south with a cargo of lumber, ran in the harbor here Wednesday during the heavy wouth wind.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Schooner Exchange 1880-10-21 3 The schooners Conquest and Exchange called at this port for shelter during yesterday's blow. Both had a narrow escape from damages.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Exchange 1891-05-21 3 The Exchange is in port taking on a cargo of shingles.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Scow Exchange 1891-04-30 3 The scow Exchange is awaiting favorable weather to clear for Sheboygan, with wood for C. Capelle.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Schooner Exchange 1892-06-16 3 The schooner Exchange was a Monday arrival at this port. She was from the south, in search of a freight.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Schooner Exchange 1880-05-20 3 Capt. Chas. Moodey has purchased the schooner Exchange for $300. She was waterlogged, capsized on this lake this spring.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Exchange 1894-10-04 3 The Exchange, of Sheboygan, loaded with shingles and south bound, took shelter in our harbor from Tuesday's storm.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Schooner Exchange 1893-06-08 3 Cleared for the north, light, Tuesday. The schooner had been lying in this port several days awaiting fair winds and weather.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Schooner Exchange 1895-10-31 3 The schooner Exchange, south bound sheltered here last Friday and Saturday.

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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.

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