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 | Georgia | 1905-04-01 | 1 | Appointments for Goodrich Fleet | |
| Door County Advocate | Georgia | 1904-12-17 | 1 | Placed in ordinary at Manitowoc | ||
| Door County Advocate | Georgia | 1903-11-28 | 1 | Last trip to Menominee, Green Bay and Escanaba | ||
| Door County Advocate | Liner | Georgia | 1903-08-15 | 1 | Engineer found dying | |
| Door County Advocate | Schooner | Georgia | 1894-09-22 | 5 | Sprung leak | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Georgia | 1915-07-16 | 2 | Kewaunee. Due to low water in the river and harbor, the steamer Georgia was unable to dock at the Goodrich docks but docked at the Kewaunee Grain Company wharf. | |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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. |
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.