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 | Schooner | Gertrude | 1880-03-18 | 4 | Sch. Starlight, Experiment, Gertrude, Meditator, and scows Marion Dixon, Forest, and J. H. Johnson are receiving repairs at Racine. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Gertrude | 1878-04-25 | 12 | From Clay Banks. The Gertrude, of Racine, loaded with posts for Paarman & Kessner last Friday and departed the next day. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Gertrude | 1880-10-07 | 5 | The schooner Gertrude went ashore at Otter Creek, 12 miles north of ?Racine. The tug St. Mary has gone to her rescue. | |
| Door County Advocate | Schooner | Gertrude | 1887-09-24 | 3 | Loaded wood at Whitefish Bay | |
| Door County Advocate | Tug | Gervais A. | 1923-12-28 | 10 | Laid up for season | |
| Manitowoc Pilot | Fish tug | Gervaise | 5 | Coast Guard sighted Allie tug helpless off shore with a broken rudder. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Gesene | 1881-11-24 | 3 | The schooner, during a heavy gale, struck the south harbor pier and then the citizens pier with little damage. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Yacht | Geshine | 1911-07-21 | 6 | Yacht, owned by Mr. Schuette of Manitowoc, came into port while on her way to Manitowoc from a short cruise among the islands at the northern end of the lake. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Gesike | 1881-05-26 | 3 | Shipments from this port. Chicago, 5000 ties. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Yacht | Gesina | 1910-09-09 | 1 | The steamer Sheboygan damaged the yacht Gesina, while the yacht was laying at the dock in Kewaunee. |
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.