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 | Cora | 1891-12-03 | 3 | Hauled down to the outer end of the harbor piers but seas were so high that she hauled back into the harbor. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Cora | 1914-06-26 | 5 | Unloading in port yesterday were the Addie Wade, Cora and Chester B. Jones, all with cargoes of fuel for the Algoma Fuel Company. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Cora | 1914-10-16 | 1 | The schooner James Hall arrived in port yesterday with a cargo of 3800 barrels of salt for distribution along ports on this shore. The little schooner Cora of Menominee was also in with a load of wood. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Cora | 1913-07-04 | 5 | The schooner Cora of Menominee, bought in another load of slabs for the Algoma Fuel Company the past week. She cleared for another load Wednesday. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Cora | 1912-08-30 | 1 | Southeast gale causes sea to run into harbor, making it difficult for vessels to discharge cargo. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Cora | 1915-11-26 | 1 | The schooner Cora arrived with a cargo of wood for the Algoma Fuel Co. and was then towed out of the harbor by the gasoline boat Silver Leaf. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Cora | 1915-08-20 | 1 | The gasoline power schooner Cora was in this week from Thompson, Michigan with a load of wood for the Algoma Fuel Company. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Cora | 1916-07-14 | 1 | The Isolda Bock arrived in port last Saturday with a cargo of hard wood for the Algoma Fuel Company. The schooner Cora also brought in a load of hardwood edgings for this firm during the past week. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Cora | 1916-06-02 | 1 | An unusual sight was witnessed along the water front last Friday. Three sailing vessels all discharged cargoes here on the same day.. They were the Cora, James Hall and Isolda Bock. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Cora | 1916-09-15 | 5 | In port with a cargo of slabs picked up north of Sturgeon Bay. |
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.