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 | 1877-07-19 | 8 | Arrived at Ahnapee July 17 from Milwaukee. Cleared 19th for Chicago with 2,300 posts for August Froeming. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Industry | 1877-07-05 | 10 | Arrived at Ahnapee June 29 from Milwaukee. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Industry | 1877-08-09 | 8 | Arrived at Ahnapee Aug 4 from Manitowoc. Cleared 6th for Milwaukee with 44 cds of bark for H. Brockhausen. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Yacht | Infanta | 1901-07-05 | 1 | The little yacht Infanta with a cruising party on board was in port Wednesday. They were on their way from Green Bay on a trip around Lake Michigan. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Yacht | Infanta | 1901-07-12 | 1 | In port for nearly two weeks waiting for favorable weather to go south. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steambarge | Ingersoll | 1883-06-28 | 3 | The Ingersoll was in port Monday night. She was light for Foscoro, where she would take on a cargo of wood for Swaty & Fellows. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Ingram | 1881-08-11 | 3 | Last Sunday morning, collision with the tug Ingram, the tug Louie Dole was sunk in the Chicago harbor. | |
| Door County Advocate | Yacht | Inishka | 1 | Destroyed by fire - flagship of Green Bay yacht club | ||
| Door County Advocate | Captain | Injury | 1907-05-16 | 1 | Hit in knee by tow line and grew worse and became stiff | |
| Door County Advocate | Mine sweeper | Inkerman | 1918-12-13 | 9 | Believed lost around Keweenaw Point |
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.