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 | Light house | Algoma | 1910-11-04 | 6 | A crew here building a new steel and fire proof oil house upon the north pier. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Dredge | Algoma | 1912-03-22 | 8 | Captain Wm. Vollmer is on the grounds at Kewaunee fitting out the government dredge Algoma for the season's work. He expects to have it out by April 1st. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Dredge | Algoma | 1912-05-10 | 7 | Tug Industry, dredge Algoma and their fleet taken to Oconto to deepen the Oconto harbor to a seventeen feet depth and excavating the turning basin. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Dredge | Algoma | 1911-11-10 | 8 | One of many vessels in the harbor of Kewaunee giving the harbor quite an animated appearance. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Dredge | Algoma | 1911-12-08 | 1 | Capt. William Vollmer of the gov. dredge Algoma reported that the tug Industry had been sent to the dry dock at Sturgeon Bay to be given a thorough overhauling and rebuilding. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Dredge | Algoma | 1912-07-12 | 3 | The government dredge Algoma arrived in port to work in the local turning basin. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Light keeper | Algoma | 1913-02-07 | 1 | Light-keeper Gustavus A. Umberham drowned about six miles south of Algoma, while returning from Kewaunee with a number of friends in a gasoline boat. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Dredge | Algoma | 1913-05-02 | 1 | While the dredge was entering the harbor at Two Rivers, Captain William Vollmer sighted a body floating in the river. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Dredge | Algoma | 1913-09-26 | 8 | Tug Industry brought in the government dredge Algoma, and dump scows. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Harbor | Algoma | 1906-08-17 | 1 | Every appropriation for harbor work at Algoma given. |
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.