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 | Brooks | 1904-06-17 | 1 | Tug has been laid up at this port indefinitely. Capt. F. Chapek is thinking seriously of buying a gasoline boat which can do the same amount of work and with a smaller crew. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1903-10-09 | 5 | Thos. Swaty, engineer arrived home the latter part of last week and has since been under the weather at his parents in this city. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1903-06-19 | 1 | Left for Horse shoe Island where they are engaged in fishing. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1903-08-07 | 1 | The tug Brooks and the schooner Leo arrived here from Eagle Island where outfit had been engaged in fishing for the past summer. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1900-05-18 | 1 | Rescued three individuals who had been out to their pound nets in a row boat when a strong wind came up. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1900-04-20 | 1 | Took about 5,000,000 young trout out into the lake off this port. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1899-12-29 | 1 | Arrived from Two Rivers to tow the logs recently picked up off this port by the tug Brooks. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1900-02-02 | 1 | Has a gang of 3000 hooks set in the lake off this port. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1899-11-24 | 3 | The tug Brooks towed the schooners Wright and Cora out into the lake on Tuesday. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1899-10-13 | 3 | The tug Brooks picked up about 50 logs out in the lake off this port Saturday. They are from the big raft lost last week by the Temple Emery. |
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.