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 | 1916-05-26 | 2 | Kewaunee. Goodrich schedule given for Kewaunee and Algoma. There will be two boats stopping on the northern route, Carolina and Georgia, and only the Georgia on the south route. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Georgia | 1916-04-14 | 2 | Information on the boats of the Goodrich Company including officers of the boats. | ||
| 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 | 1917-05-11 | 1 | The steamer Georgia of the Goodrich Transportation Company came into port last Sunday evening from the south and discharged a considerable cargo of freight for local merchants. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Georgia | 1913-08-29 | 1 | The steamer Georgia went ashore at Fish Creek and was released by the tugs Hunsaeder of Sturgeon Bay, Satisfaction of Marinette and Taylor of Green Bay. | |
| 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. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Georgia | 1914-01-30 | 8 | The steamer Georgia was in port Monday morning and left here in a heavy blow. She was forced to remain in port at Manitowoc overnight Monday due to the heavy seas running from the south'ard. | |
| 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 | 1919-06-27 | 5 | First Goodrich boat of the season docked here. It will make this port weekly. |
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.