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 | Dock | Henry Gericke | 1880-07-29 | 3 | A dredge is working to excavate a channel to his dock above the bridge. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Fish tug | Henry Gust | 1913-03-07 | 5 | The fish tugs Henry Gust of Washington Island and Peter Coates of Detroit Harbor coaled up here Tuesday. Both tugs are fishing out of the Sturgeon Bay canal this winter. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Henry Gust | 1916-04-07 | 1 | The tug arrived from Washington Island with about two and one-half tons of fish for shipment south. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Fish tug | Henry Gust | 1914-02-13 | 1 | The fish tug Henry Gust went to Kewaunee Saturday for the purpose of having her boilers cleaned. The tug Search furnished the steam for the work. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Fish tug | Henry Gust | 1914-01-09 | 1 | The fish tug Henry Gust of Detroit Harbor, Capt. Cornell arrived here yesterday and will fish out of this port the remainder of the winter. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Henry Gust | 1915-02-26 | 1 | Is again operating out of this port. It was forced to suspend operations during the cold spell on account of the amount of ice in the lake. The Crystal is also fishing again. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Henry Gust | 1915-03-26 | 1 | The tug Henry Gust, Capt. Cornell was in port Wednesday morning with a shipment of 10,000 pounds of fish, lifted near Washington Island. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Henry Gust | 1915-03-26 | 4 | Tug Search bought here 9,000 pounds of fish from Washington Island. Earlier the tug Henry Gust brought in 9,000 pounds. In all 25,000 pounds were shipped from here last week. | |
| Door County Advocate | Tug | Henry Gust | 1917-11-01 | 4 | Crankshaft broke | |
| Door County Advocate | Fishing tug | Henry Gust | 1918-08-16 | 10 | Ice breaker of Washington Island sold |
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.