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. 2 | 1911-03-03 | 1 | New car ferry No. 5 is meeting all the requirements of the company. This gives the company four steel boats and as the No. 2, a wooden boat, is becoming aged. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Carferry | Ann Arbor No. 2 | 1912-05-10 | 7 | Taken out of ordinary and placed upon the Kewaunee and Frankfort run. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Ferry | Ann Arbor No. 2 | 1910-08-12 | 1 | Detained 24 hours due to a strike by the firemen. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Ann Arbor No. 2 | 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 | Ann Arbor No. 2 | 1896-01-09 | 3 | The Ann Arbor No. 2 arrived in Kewaunee from Milwaukee Monday where she had been undergoing repairs at the dry dock. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Ann Arbor No. 2 | 1896-01-02 | 3 | The Ann Arbor No. 2 lost one of her wheels while going into Frankfort harbor one day this week and will be taken to Milwaukee for repairs. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Ann Arbor No. 2 | 1893-02-02 | 3 | The Ferry Steamer Ann Arbor No. 2 arrived in Kewaunee this, Thursday, morning. The Ann Arbor No. 1 has not made a trip since Saturday. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Ferry | Ann Arbor No. 2 | 1894-02-22 | 3 | Ann Arbor No. 2 could not enter harbor at Frankfort due to a sand bar. Returned to Kewaunee to await dredging. No. 1 + No. 2 then set out. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Ann Arbor No. 2 | 1894-11-22 | 3 | The scow Emily Taylor was damaged by the Ann Arbor No. 2 while it was laying at the salt warehouse dock. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Ann Arbor No. 2 | 1895-02-14 | 3 | Car ferry steamers Ann Arbor No. 1 and 2, have been fast in the ice off Ludington. Coal has been taken to them in sacks from shore. |
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.