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 | City of Sheboygan | 1887-06-30 | 3 | Body of the woman cook, drowned on the schooner when it went down last fall, was recovered and buried. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | City of Sheboygan | 1879-04-24 | 8 | Arrived April 22, Chicago. Departed April 23, Chicago, 6,500 ties for Shimmel & Janda. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | City of Sheboygan | 1879-03-27 | 8 | Arrived at Ahnapee March 23 from Sheboygan. Departed 26 for Chicago with 7,000 ties for Sam. Perry. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | City of Sheboygan | 1879-04-17 | 8 | Lost about 500 ties overboard. Scarcely a craft arrived in port without a loss of some of its freight. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | City of Sheboygan | 1880-03-18 | 4 | The Inter Ocean notes the arrival on Sunday of the schooner with a load of ice from Ahnapee. | |
| Door County Advocate | Steamer | City of Sheboygan | 1903-12-19 | 1 | Wintering at Manitowoc | |
| Door County Advocate | City of Sheboygan | 1898-12-10 | 1 | Into winter quarters at Chicago | ||
| Door County Advocate | Sail vessel | City of Sheboygan | 1898-02-05 | 1 | One of fleet moored in Chicago | |
| Door County Advocate | Schooner | City of Sheboygan | 1897-06-05 | 1 | Loaded cedar at Masonville | |
| Door County Advocate | Schooner | City of Sheboygan | 1886-04-29 | 3 | Brought into canal |
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.