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 | Steamer | Georgia | 1917-07-27 | 8 | The steamer Georgia stopped here bound south and the Carolina stopped bound north. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Georgia | 1917-03-02 | 1 | In port for the first time in two weeks due to weather conditions. She encountered as much as four inches of ice all the way north from Milwaukee. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Georgia | 1919-06-27 | 5 | First Goodrich boat of the season docked here. It will make this port weekly. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Georgia | 1898-07-29 | 3 | The Goodrich steamer Georgia is doing a big business between Chicago and northern ports. Sunday night on her way north she had over 200 passengers aboard. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Georgia | 1898-10-07 | 3 | Threw her search light about town while at the dock. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Georgia | 1898-11-11 | 3 | While the steamer Georgia was entering this port last Sunday she disabled her steering gear. Repairs were made at this port. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Georgia | 1898-12-23 | 3 | The Goodrich company will run a boat to this port twice a week during the winter. The four boats used are the Georgia, Atlanta, Iowa and Racine. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Liner | Georgia | 1913-01-03 | 1 | This was the last trip of the Goodrich boats to Sturgeon Bay, hereafter Algoma will be their farthest northern port. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Georgia | 1913-05-02 | 7 | The Goodrich steamer Georgia was a day late on her northern trip this week not arriving here until Tuesday. She was forced to lay over in Milwaukee on account of heavy seas. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Georgia | 1913-02-28 | 5 | The Goodrich boat Georgia was a day late on her weekly trip to Algoma this week, not arriving here until Monday night. Officers of the boat reported that the boat traveled thru ice the entire distance. |
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.