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 | Propeller | India | 1912-03-15 | 3 | One of the vessels mentioned in a big article written by an old steamboat man of forty odd years and given in the Chicago Magazine. Now the City of Ottawa. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Fish tug | Indian | 1914-12-04 | 3 | Kewaunee. Ice having prevented further fishing in Green Bay, the fish tug returned to Kewaunee Saturday. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Fishing Tug | Indian | 1916-11-10 | 2 | The Elsie M. and the Indian will spend the next month or two fishing out of the port of Green Bay. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steam tug | Indian | 1916-12-08 | 3 | Kewaunee. Fishing out of Kewaunee this winter does not promise to be very lively. The steam tugs Elsie M. and Indian being the only large craft thus far to enroll in the local winter service. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steam tug | Indian | 1916-01-07 | 2 | Kewaunee. Two more additions to the Kewaunee fishing fleet. They are the Nellie and R. D., both of Baileys Harbor. Others in the fleet are the G. M. A. Hermann, Southern Cross, Elsie M., Indian and Lillie. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Fish tug | Indian | 1915-11-19 | 2 | The fish tug Indian, Captain John Lain left here early Tuesday morning for Green Bay where she will engage in fishing for the next few weeks. The Indian fished out of Green Bay during the closed trout season last year. | |
| Door County Advocate | Tug | Indian | 1915-11-18 | 1 | Passed thru | |
| Door County Advocate | Tug | Indian | 1920-10-29 | 8 | Owned by Lain Bros. | |
| Door County Advocate | Fish Tug | Indian | 1940-11-22 | 1 | Ex-islander on tug lost in gale | |
| Door County Advocate | Fishing tug | Indian | 1929-09-06 | 6 | Released from boxes |
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.