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 | Schooner | St. Lawrence | 1876-01-20 | 8 | Passed up the lake yesterday, with colors flying, and all sail on. She was heavily laden. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | St. Lawrence | 1876-01-13 | 8 | Chartered to take a load from Jacksonport to Milwaukee. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | St. Lawrence | 1875-12-23 | 8 | Capt. Larkins, arrived at this port Monday, and intends to go into winter quarters. Later--She is loading again. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | St. Lawrence | 1875-11-04 | 8 | Capt. Larkins, is taking a cargo of bark. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | St. Lawrence | 1875-10-28 | 8 | Not yet heard from, though is probably all right. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | St. Lawrence | 1875-12-09 | 8 | Touched at this port on Thursday, enroute for Tufft's Pier. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | St. Lawrence | 1874-05-14 | 3 | Cleared Ahnapee May 7 for Racine with 25 cds of wood and 3,200 post for H. Fax & Bro. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | St. Lawrence | 1874-07-09 | 8 | Cleared Ahnapee July 4 for Racine with 70 cds of wood for H. Fax & Bro. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | St. Lawrence | 1874-04-23 | 3 | Owned by the Fax Brothers and Capt. Larkin arrived in port last Sunday. | |
| 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. |
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.