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 | Car ferry | Ann Arbor No. 1 | 1895-01-10 | 3 | Reported fast in the ice in Deaths Door while on her way to Menominee from Frankfort. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steambarge | Ann Arbor No. 1 | 1894-03-29 | 3 | Company negotiating to run a car ferry line between Menominee or Marinette and Frankfort. The Ann Arbor No. 1 would run the route. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Ann Arbor No. 1 | 1896-03-05 | 3 | From Kewaunee. Ann Arbor No. 2 is still in the dry dock at Milwaukee. The No. 1 has been making her regular trips of late. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Ann Arbor No. 1 | 1892-12-08 | 3 | Went out and lightened the then stranded steamer Ann Arbor No.1, by taking the apples and part of the coal from that steamer. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Ann Arbor No. 1 | 1893-03-16 | 3 | Reported that the vessel, now transporting cars between Kewaunee and Frankfort, will transport iron from Menominee to Frankfort. | |
| Door County Advocate | Steamer | Ann Arbor No. 1 | 1911-06-15 | 1 | Raised | |
| Door County Advocate | Ann Arbor No. 1 | 1911-05-11 | 1 | Attempts to raise renewed | ||
| Manitowoc Pilot | Ann Arbor No. 1 | 1892-12-01 | 3 | All the tugs on L. Mich. seem to be at work in the effort to get her off, ashore near Ahnapee | ||
| Manitowoc Pilot | Ann Arbor No. 1 | 1893-01-05 | 3 | Is making daily trips between Frankfort and Kewaunee. | ||
| Manitowoc Pilot | Ferry boat | Ann Arbor No. 1 | 1893-01-12 | 3 | According to Sunday+s Sentinel the Ann Arbor can be converted into a gun boat |
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.