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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 1916-12-08 2 The schooner Kewaunee visits her native town. This boat was built 50 years ago.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Dredge Kewaunee 1916-08-18 1 Probability that the dredge will not do harbor work in either Algoma or Kewaunee this season. The dredge may go to Milwaukee.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Dredge Kewaunee 1916-10-06 2 Kewaunee. Work at Milwaukee is said to be urgent. The dredge Kewaunee and tug Industry are expected to leave Kewaunee between the 10th and 15th of this month.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Dredge Kewaunee 1916-07-14 2 Kewaunee. Dredge has completed work at Two Rivers and will work at Manistique for some time. The channel was dredged to a depth of 17' but there is unusually high water at this time.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Dredge Kewaunee 1914-07-10 1 Dredge is working at Two Rivers where it dredges each year. If the government would extend the piers dredging would not be necessary.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Dredge Kewaunee 1914-12-18 2 Kewaunee. Gov. dredge Kewaunee in tow of the tug Manitowoc left her Friday morning for the ship yards at Manitowoc for repairs.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Dredge Kewaunee 1914-12-04 3 Kewaunee. Dredge Kewaunee arrived here from Sturgeon Bay in tow of the tug Manitowoc. The scows were brought down by the tug Industry.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Dredge Kewaunee 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 Harbor Kewaunee 1913-10-17 5 Petitions are in circulation calling upon the Mayor and Common council to accept the proposals made by the Government for the expenditure of $60,000 upon the inner harbor.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Dredge Kewaunee 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.

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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.

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