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 | Tug | Manitowoc | 1913-09-05 | 1 | Tug with a surveying crew aboard was in port Tuesday. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Manitowoc | 1914-05-01 | 1 | Cleared for Milwaukee Sunday morning having completed taking the soundings at this port. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Manitowoc | 1924-03-28 | 1 | The Manitowoc steamed into the harbor to make harbor and river soundings to determine whether or not dredging will be done here. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Manitowoc | 1926-10-29 | 2 | Sturgeon Bay. Fire broke out in the engine house at the Kalmbach coal dock. The crew of the tug Manitowoc kept the flames from spreading to the two large warehouses and the fish house south of the coal yard. | |
| Door County Advocate | Tug | Manitowoc | 1933-11-10 | 5 | Loading stone off beach on barges | |
| Door County Advocate | Barge | Manitowoc | 1930-08-29 | 9 | Loaded stone at Sturgeon Bay Stone Co. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Barge | Manitowoc | 1883-05-24 | 3 | One of vessels anchored outside harbor at Chicago. What happened and damage given. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Harbor | Manitowoc | 1876-04-20 | 8 | Appropriation bill passed. $10,000. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Harbor | Manitowoc | 1874-05-07 | 2 | Amounts agreed upon by the House Committee on Commerce. $10,000. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Shipyard | Manitowoc | 1874-03-12 | 2 | Vance & Hibbard, of Milwaukee, are having a large schooner built for the Buffalo grain trade. |
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.