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 | Hiram W. Sibley | 1899-01-07 | 1 | Stranded on N. Fox island Nov. 26 | |
| Door County Advocate | Steamer | Hiram W. Sibley | 1898-12-03 | 1 | Stranded on North Fox island - not South Manitou | |
| Door County Advocate | Steamer | Hiram W. Sibley | 1898-01-08 | 1 | One of Manitowoc s winter fleet | |
| Door County Advocate | Steamer | Hiram W. Sibley | 1898-12-10 | 1 | Captain explains how it stranded | |
| Manitowoc Pilot | Scow | Hirondelle | 1868-12-04 | 1 | Ashore at Charlotteville and again at White Lake - badly wrecked | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Hitro | 1897-10-21 | 3 | In port with potatoes and apples. In a storm she lost several feet of her mainmast and the sails badly ripped. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Fish boat | Hitt and Nelson | 1905-10-27 | 1 | Fish boat belonging to Hitt and Nelson broke from her mooring at Clay Banks and was found on the beach below the farm of Chas Berg. The engine was removed. Boat is badly damaged. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Yatch | Hittro | 1897-04-22 | 3 | The yatch Hittro, of Milwaukee, came into the harbor last Saturday to escape the storm. | |
| Manitowoc Pilot | Barge | Hoag | 1887-10-06 | 3 | Lumber laden and adrift on Lake Erie in a waterlogged condition | |
| Door County Advocate | Fish tug | Hocks | 1944-12-29 | 1 | Joins Nelson fleet - picture |
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.