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 | 1901-04-19 | 1 | The tugs Southern Cross and Brooks have a number of pretty races. The Southern Cross is a little too fast for the local tug. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1901-04-05 | 1 | The fishing tug Brooks had considerable ice to battle with this week. Capt. Chapek and his crew commenced fishing with set hooks this week. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Fish tug | Brooks | 1901-02-01 | 1 | The fish tug Brooks has begun fishing operations off this port. Capt. F. Chapek says they have made a few lifts this week but did not average over 1000 pounds to a lift. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1900-12-21 | 1 | The new boiler for the tug Brooks has not arrived as yet, and is therefore causing a great delay to the owners of the boat, Chapek Bros. | |
| 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 | 1900-03-23 | 1 | The tug Brooks went out into the lake Sunday to lift her nets, but was unable to locate the buoys on account of ice. | |
| 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 | 1899-12-29 | 1 | Arrived from Two Rivers to tow the logs recently picked up off this port by the tug Brooks. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1899-10-20 | 3 | The tug breaks her wheel | |
| 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.