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 | 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 | 1914-11-06 | 2 | The steamer is being given a thorough overhauling at Manitowoc preparatory to her taking the West Shore route for the winter. | |
| 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 | Steamer | Georgia | 1915-08-13 | 2 | The streamer Chicago which has been freighting between Chicago and Sturgeon Bay was taken off the run and laid up in Manitowoc. The Georgia will replace it. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Georgia | 1916-06-23 | 2 | Kewaunee. Now Goodrich Line schedule for the Steamers Carolina and Georgia and the Freighter Nevada opens next week. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Georgia | 1916-05-26 | 2 | Kewaunee. Goodrich schedule given for Kewaunee and Algoma. There will be two boats stopping on the northern route, Carolina and Georgia, and only the Georgia on the south route. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Georgia | 1916-04-21 | 1 | The steamer Georgia called at Kewaunee on her first trip north taking the Arizona's place which has been on the run north since last fall. | |
| 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 | 1913-08-29 | 1 | The steamer Georgia went ashore at Fish Creek and was released by the tugs Hunsaeder of Sturgeon Bay, Satisfaction of Marinette and Taylor of Green Bay. | |
| 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.