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 | Steamer | Depere | 1886-01-07 | 3 | In with a good load of freight for our merchants. She took out about 100 boxes of cheese from the Forestville cheese factory. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Depere | 1886-02-25 | 3 | Came in with quite a lot of freight and several passengers. She took out only a little freight. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Depere | 1886-01-28 | 3 | Came in but with very little freight. She went north as far as Lily Bay. She stopped here on her return trip but business was very light. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Depere | 1886-01-14 | 3 | The steamer Depere is expected to arrive the latter part of this week, wind and weather permitting. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Depere | 1886-04-01 | 3 | The steamer Depere came in on Saturday and had her usual quota of passengers and freight. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Depere | 1886-04-08 | 3 | The Depere on Sunday last brought in a large quantity of freight and several passengers. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Depere | 1887-11-03 | 3 | After this trip she will be put into dry dock at Manitowoc and have a thorough overhaul this winter. The Depere will take her place. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Propeller | Depere | 1887-12-08 | 3 | The propeller Depere was in port Monday and discharged a large cargo of freight for our merchants. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Propeller | Depere | 1887-11-10 | 3 | In entering our harbor ran onto the bar formed where the old citizens' pier used formerly to be. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Propeller | Depere | 1886-12-23 | 3 | The propeller Depere was in port on Monday and as usual had on an immense quantity of freight for our merchants. |
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.