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 | Kewaunee | 1879-09-25 | 4 | The schooner Kewaunee was obliged to have a leak stopped at Milwaukee last week. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Pier | Kewaunee | 1885-09-10 | 3 | Information on storm damage to the south harbor pier. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Harbor | Kewaunee | 1887-04-28 | 3 | The light on the harbor pier at this place has been changed from white to a red one. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Harbor | Kewaunee | 1912-05-10 | 1 | Harbor bill has passed giving Kewaunee $60,000 for the interior work. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Harbor | Kewaunee | 1912-03-29 | 1 | Kewaunee proposes to escape from building a revetment for the protection of a shore line, when the turning basin is dredged. Kewaunee had $60,000 in harbor bill for the turning basin. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Lightship | Kewaunee | 1911-10-20 | 1 | The steamer Wilkesbarre of the Lehigh Valley fleet, bound down, collided with the lightship Kewaunee, st4ationed above the sunken steamer Joliet. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Pier | Kewaunee | 1910-09-16 | 7 | Work upon the new south harbor pier at Kewaunee is progressing rapidly, and the concrete caissons are now being place. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Pier | Kewaunee | 1910-08-05 | 1 | Men are rebuilding the south harbor pier at Kewaunee. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Kewaunee | 1901-09-06 | 1 | Has been sold to the Lake Carriers Association for $10,000. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Kewaunee | 1901-06-21 | 1 | Unloaded part of a load of farm machinery at this port to Knospe Bros. It took a load of wheat from the Seyk elevator. |
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.