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 | Carferry | No. 19 | 1910-01-07 | 1 | Pere Marquette carferry No. 4 for the first time in four years failed to make the trip across the lake, owing to the storm Tuesday. Carferry No. 19 which left Ludington for Manitowoc had to return. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Dredge | No. 2 | 1889-08-22 | 3 | Dredge No. 2 is at work at the Oconto harbor deepening the channel at the mouth of the river. No. 1 will probably go there next week. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Dredge | No. 2 | 1886-04-22 | 3 | Government dredges No. 1 and 2 will resume work at Kewaunee next week. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Dredge | No. 2 | 1887-06-23 | 3 | Tug Arctic towed government dredge No. 2 to Sheboygan. Dredge No. 1 is still in ordinary at Kewaunee. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Dredge | No. 2 | 1887-07-14 | 3 | Has exhaused all the appropriated funds at Sheboygan. Taken to Manitowoc to receive repairs. | |
| Door County Advocate | Dredge | No. 2 | 1910-04-28 | 1 | Sunk outside harbor piers at Ontonogan | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Dredge | No. 2 | 1892-06-23 | 3 | The Government dredge No. 2, has finished the work at Green Bay, and is now at work in the Sturgeon Bay Ship canal. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Dredge | No. 2 | 1895-05-09 | 3 | Government Dredge No 1 is at work at Manitowoc, and Dredge No. 2 is at work at Sheboygan. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Dredge | No. 2 | 1892-08-04 | 3 | The tug Jos. Goldsmith towed the Government dredge No. 2, dump scows from this place to Kewaunee. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Dredge | No. 2 | 1894-01-11 | 3 | Information on work being done on the Ahnapee Harbor. Dredge No. 2 is working here. |
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.