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 | Kewaunee | 1915-08-06 | 3 | Kewaunee. Reminiscences of other days dealing with the Racine, schooner Kelpie, Fearless, Kewaunee, scow schooner Frest and Captain Higgie about the Eastland disaster. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Harbor | Kewaunee | 1915-07-30 | 3 | Work on harbor has been delayed. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Harbor | Kewaunee | 1916-02-11 | 2 | Government accepts harbor property purchased and turned over to them by city for harbor improvements. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Dredge | Kewaunee | 1916-04-07 | 2 | Kewaunee. Dredge Kewaunee begins work on channel here before going south. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Coast Guard Station | Kewaunee | 1915-12-10 | 2 | Kewaunee. No orders received as yet in regard to closing the station this winter. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Dredge | Kewaunee | 1915-11-19 | 2 | Kewaunee. The dredge was taken to Sturgeon Bay and from there she will be brought to Kewaunee and if not too late in the season, will do a little work on Kewaunee's new turning basin. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Coast Guard Station | Kewaunee | 1915-10-15 | 2 | Kewaunee. Among other improvements is a new spar used for breech-buoy drill each Thursday morning. | |
| 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 | Schooner | Kewaunee | 1916-11-03 | 2 | The schooner Lucy A. Simpson is one of the only seven large sailing craft now plying the lakes. The others of her class are the Stafford, Kewaunee, Alice, Grand Haven, J. B. Taylor, and Edward Skeel. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Dredge | Kewaunee | 1916-09-15 | 2 | Dredge arrived in Kewaunee. Kewaunee's new turning basin to become a realty at last. |
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.