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 | Steamer | Manitowoc | 1879-09-18 | 4 | The hull of the olod steamer is now being transformed into a barge at Manitowoc. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Manitowoc | 1926-09-17 | 2 | Sturgeon Bay. Tug Manitowoc brought in two scows which had broke loose. The wood one hit the pier head while entering and sank. The tug Smith raised the wooden scow and towed it to the Smith ship yards. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Manitowoc | 1916-08-25 | 2 | Kewaunee. Tug Manitowoc left with the gov. derrick scow and equipment. The equipment was taken to Sturgeon bay where it will be used for the remainder of the season. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Manitowoc | 1916-10-20 | 2 | Kewaunee. The dredge Kewaunee departed from here for Milwaukee where it will be engaged for the next three or four weeks. The dredge and scows left in tow of the tug Industry and the tug Manitowoc. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Manitowoc | 1917-11-23 | 1 | Orders given to prepare to sail for the Atlantic seaboard. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Manitowoc | 1923-05-04 | 12 | The tug Manitowoc of the United States Engineering service was in the harbor Monday and Tuesday and its crew took soundings. An appropriation for dredging the harbor was announced last fall by the harbors bureau at Washington. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Manitowoc | 1924-03-28 | 1 | The Manitowoc steamed into the harbor to make harbor and river soundings to determine whether or not dredging will be done here. | ||
| Door County Advocate | Tug | Manitowoc | 1933-11-10 | 5 | Loading stone off beach on barges | |
| Door County Advocate | Manitowoc | 1938-09-23 | 4 | Met vessels in heavy fog in canal necessitation much blowing of whistles | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Harbor | Manitowoc | 1876-09-21 | 8 | Appropriations cut down as follows. Ahnapee $3,200. |
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.