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 | Georgia | 1915-08-27 | 4 | Steamer Georgia arrived two days late from the north. She will be placed in dry dock at Manitowoc for minor repairs. The steamer Arizona northbound was another caller. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Georgia | 1914-04-24 | 1 | The Goodrich Steamer Georgia was in port for several hours Monday unloading and loading freight. At Manitowoc she was placed in the shipyard for the annual renovation and the crew transferred to the Caroline. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Liner | Georgia | 1915-02-05 | 5 | Ann Arbor carferry No. 5 and the Goodrich liner Georgia are fast in the ice off the port of Kewaunee. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Georgia | 1917-02-02 | 8 | While in Manitowoc last week rendered much able assistance in fighting the fire which for many hours threatened total destruction to Manitowoc's water front. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Georgia | 1917-03-02 | 1 | In port for the first time in two weeks due to weather conditions. She encountered as much as four inches of ice all the way north from Milwaukee. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Georgia | 1916-05-19 | 1 | The steamer Georgia of the Goodrich line arrived in port during the fog last Monday morning and unloaded a considerable quantity of freight for local merchants. The boat was bound north. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Georgia | 1916-04-14 | 2 | Information on the boats of the Goodrich Company including officers of the boats. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Georgia | 1913-05-23 | 1 | In port on her last trip for several weeks, as she entered the dry dock at Manitowoc for her annual overhauling. The Arizona will take her place. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Georgia | 1913-05-02 | 7 | The Goodrich steamer Georgia was a day late on her northern trip this week not arriving here until Tuesday. She was forced to lay over in Milwaukee on account of heavy seas. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Liner | Georgia | 1913-01-10 | 5 | The Goodrich boat Georgia unloaded freight here Monday. |
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.