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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Door County Advocate | Steamer | George Baker | 1913-05-01 | 1 | Diver Purdy shipped rudder on steamer | |
| Door County Advocate | Schooner | George Barber | 1895-03-02 | 5 | Raised from bottom of river at Racine | |
| Door County Advocate | Schooner | George Barber | 1895-02-02 | 5 | Lies sunk in river at Racine | |
| Door County Advocate | George Boyce | 1900-07-14 | 1 | On at Bois Blanc island and released | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | George Brown | 1888-12-06 | 3 | Arrived with beer for Damas & Bentheimer. Will be laid up here and thoroughly overhauled. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | George Brown | 1890-04-17 | 3 | The little schooner George Brown will leave for northern ports with a full load of butter, eggs, flour potatoes etc., to-day. | |
| Door County Advocate | Schooner | George Brown | 1896-04-11 | 5 | Being fitted out | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | George Brown | 1888-10-04 | 3 | the George Brown cleared for Green Bay, for a load of beer for Damas & Bentheimer. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Barge | George Burnam | 1902-04-18 | 1 | Machinery broke down out in the lake. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | George Burnham | 1911-11-17 | 8 | Kewaunee. The steamer George Burnham, south bound, weathered the Saturday and Sunday blow, and sheltered in the harbor. |
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.