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 | 1913-12-12 | 13 | The steamer Carolina was in port with a big cargo of freight for local merchants. She goes off the northern run about the 15th of this month and the Georgia will take her place. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Georgia | 1898-07-29 | 3 | The Goodrich steamer Georgia is doing a big business between Chicago and northern ports. Sunday night on her way north she had over 200 passengers aboard. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Georgia | 1898-11-11 | 3 | While the steamer Georgia was entering this port last Sunday she disabled her steering gear. Repairs were made at this port. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Georgia | 1898-10-07 | 3 | Threw her search light about town while at the dock. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Georgia | 1899-06-02 | 3 | On Monday the Georgia was loaded down decks to having on a large quantity of farm machinery. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Liner | Georgia | 1913-01-10 | 5 | The Goodrich boat Georgia unloaded freight here Monday. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Georgia | 1899-01-06 | 3 | One of largest shipments of grain made for years. She shipped 3,100 bags of grain, making a little over 15 car loads. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Georgia | 1919-06-27 | 5 | First Goodrich boat of the season docked here. It will make this port weekly. | |
| 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 | 1917-05-11 | 1 | The steamer Georgia of the Goodrich Transportation Company came into port last Sunday evening from the south and discharged a considerable cargo of freight for local 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.