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 | Hyacinth | 1912-04-25 | 1 | Picked up disabled in straits - broken wheel | |
| Door County Advocate | Steamer | Hyacinth | 1923-11-30 | 6 | Taking up buoys | |
| Door County Advocate | Hyacinth | 1926-05-07 | 13 | Towed Peshtigo Reef Lightship to station | ||
| Door County Advocate | Lighthouse supply boat | Hyacinth | 1925-05-01 | 12 | Setting buoys | |
| Door County Advocate | Hyacinth | 1927-09-16 | 12 | Gov. boat | ||
| Door County Advocate | Lightship tender | Hyacinth | 1928-12-07 | 16 | Brought in lightships Peshtigo Reef and Eleven Foot Shoal | |
| Door County Advocate | Lighthouse tender | Hyacinth | 1935-04-19 | 5 | On first trip north | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tender | Hyacinth | 1915-04-23 | 2 | Tender Hyacinth called here to place a buoy on the 15 foot reef just north of the harbor, better known as the Dickenson reef. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tender | Hyacinth | 1914-11-20 | 2 | Arrived in port for installing the gas generating range light on the North Harbor pier, and to install new oil tanks in the local fog signal station. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Hyacinth | 1913-10-10 | 1 | In port and left supplies for the light house. |
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.