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 | Steam yacht | Arrow | 1877-07-05 | 10 | Inspectors in to check vessel. In good order. John Dennison's steam yacht. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Arrow | 1910-05-27 | 3 | The little schooner Arrow arrived here last Saturday with a cargo of slabs for local parties from Menominee. The Arrow is one of the trimmest little schooners on the lake. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Arrow | 1908-08-21 | 1 | The schooner Arrow was in port several times last week with a cargo of lumber consigned to the Algoma Lumber Company of this city. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Arrow | 1908-06-26 | 1 | Brought from Menekaune a lot of dressed and grooved 4 inch hemlock plank to be used here to construct a caisson for one or more wells to supply the waterworks. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Arrow | 1902-08-01 | 1 | The schooner Arrow and scow Julia both lumber laden ran in port Tuesday afternoon and laid here over night windbound. They were bound south. | |
| Door County Advocate | Schooner | Arrow | 1883-05-17 | 3 | Condition on being ashore at Two Rivers | |
| Door County Advocate | Schooner | Arrow | 1883-05-10 | 2 | Stripped | |
| Door County Advocate | Steamer | Arrow | 1889-12-28 | 5 | Still in commission at Green Bay | |
| Door County Advocate | Schooner | Arrow | 1904-07-16 | 8 | Purchased by Capt. J. B. Jansen | |
| Door County Advocate | Schooner | Arrow | 1905-05-27 | 1 | Brought in load of red oak lumber |
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.