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 | Dredge | Algoma | 1912-04-19 | 6 | Gov. steamer Manitowoc went into commission. The dredge Algoma and tug Industry are engaged in the work of deepening the channel between the piers at Kewaunee. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Harbor | Algoma | 1902-04-25 | 1 | Harbor bill passed. Algoma will receive $10,000. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Lighthouse | Algoma | 1899-11-03 | 3 | Chas. Young, keeper here for the past four years, is being given charge of the Menominee, Mich., light about the 15th of this month. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Harbor | Algoma | 1899-10-06 | 3 | The crew of men that have been employed on the steam drill working in this harbor the past summer left on Monday for Kewaunee. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Algoma | 1885-11-19 | 3 | The steamer, of the Canadian Pacific railroad, was wrecked and 35 lives were lost. She wrecked on L. Superior off Port Arthur. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Algoma | 1885-12-10 | 3 | In article of disasters for the season. Has upward of 50 people drown when she foundered. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Dredge | Algoma | 1923-02-09 | 1 | Captain William Bollmer will retire. He has been master of both the Algoma and Kewaunee dredges. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Port | Algoma | 1924-03-14 | 1 | Efforts are being made to make city lake port. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Port | Algoma | 1924-05-02 | 1 | If Algoma had a good harbor, much shipping would come to this port. Henry Ford has supposed to bought the Green Bay and Western railroad so he can ship freight to the Minneapolis assembly plant. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Harbor | Algoma | 1925-01-02 | 2 | Article on "Why a Harbor?" |
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.