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 | Forest | 1889-05-23 | 3 | Cleared with hemlock ties and fence posts for S. Perry, to Chicago. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Forest | 1881-05-26 | 3 | Shipments from this port. Chicago, 5200 ties. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Forest | 1880-09-02 | 3 | Captain of the scow Forest saw a body clothed in a red shirt and gray pants afloat six miles off this port. Thought from schooner Jo Duvall. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Forest | 1880-03-18 | 4 | Sch. Starlight, Experiment, Gertrude, Meditator, and scows Marion Dixon, Forest, and J. H. Johnson are receiving repairs at Racine. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Forest | 1879-09-25 | 4 | The schooner Vermont and scow Forest loaded at Clay Banks last Tuesday. The former with ties and the latter with wood. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Forest | 1882-08-31 | 3 | The scow Forest, which went ashore at Newport, near Cana Island, has been released by the tug Gregory and took her to Manitowoc. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Forest | 1881-06-16 | 3 | Shipments from this port. Racine, 5000 ties. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scows | Forest | 1881-11-17 | 3 | The scows R. H. Becker and Forest were lying at the bridge pier at Rowley's Bay. The pier gave way and both vessels went ashore. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Forest | 1877-06-14 | 8 | Loaded 50 cords of wood and 3,000 posts at Foscoro, for Kenosha. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Forest | 1877-12-06 | 8 | The scow Forest took out a load of wood for F. Swaty & Son last Friday. |
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.