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 | St. Joseph | 1912-03-15 | 3 | One of the vessels mentioned in a big article written by an old steamboat man of forty odd years and given in the Chicago Magazine. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Propeller | St. Joseph | 1912-05-17 | 7 | One of the vessels mentioned in a big article written by an old steamboat man of forty odd years and given in the Chicago Magazine. This is a continuation of previous articles. | |
| Door County Advocate | Range lights | St. Joseph and Benton harbors | 1903-12-19 | 1 | To be moved 1000 | |
| Door County Advocate | Schooner | St. Lawrence | 1896-06-06 | 5 | History of it | |
| Door County Advocate | Schooner | St. Lawrence | 1876-01-20 | 3 | Loading wood at Bailey s Harbor | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | St. Lawrence | 1873-11-13 | 3 | Owned by Captain Larkin and H. Fax & Bro. Of this village, has gone into winter quarters at Racine. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | St. Lawrence | 1874-04-23 | 3 | Cleared Ahnapee April 21 for Milwaukee with 70 cds of wood for H. Fax & Bro. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | St. Lawrence | 1880-07-29 | 3 | Captain of schooner was supposed to have drowned. Captain supposed to have written to Inter Ocean that he did not. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | St. Lawrence | 1877-04-05 | 8 | We learn that the St. Lawrence got caught in the ice during the blow last week and lost her anchor and cable. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | St. Lawrence | 1877-03-15 | 8 | It departed from Racine for Ahnapee on the 6th inst. She is now lying in Milwaukee. |
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.