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 | Industry | 1899-05-19 | 3 | The wind blew hard and the schooners Industry and Bell had trouble in getting inside the harbor piers. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Industry | 1914-12-11 | 2 | Kewaunee. The tug Industry, Captain LaPlant, went into winter-quarters here this week. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Industry | 1913-09-26 | 8 | Tug Industry brought in the government dredge Algoma, and dump scows. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Industry | 1914-04-17 | 1 | The new government dredge Kewaunee in tow of the tug Industry was in port enroute to the canal from Kewaunee. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Industry | 1915-04-09 | 2 | Dredge Kewaunee in tow of tug Manitowoc and accompanied by the tug Industry and scows, left Kewaunee for Waukegan. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Industry | 1915-05-28 | 3 | Dredge Kewaunee and the tug Industry arrived in Two Rivers last week for dredging a channel in the Two River harbor. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Industry | 1916-04-21 | 2 | Dredge Kewaunee finished her work at Kewaunee. The dredge and tug Industry left for Milwaukee. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Industry | 1915-12-10 | 2 | Kewaunee. Arrived in port from Sturgeon Bay with two dump scows and went into ordinary for winter. She had been undergoing repairs at the Sturgeon Bay ship yards. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Industry | 1918-08-02 | 1 | Dredge Kewaunee and the tug Industry are busy in the local harbor. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Industry | 1920-04-30 | 1 | The dredge Kewaunee and tug Industry pulled into port enroute from Kewaunee to Menominee. |
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.