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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manitowoc Pilot | Schooner | Merchant | 1898-05-19 | 4 | Ran her jib into the railing of Eighth street bridge last week and tore some of it away. | |
| Manitowoc Pilot | Schooner | Merchant | 5 | Sailor of schooner fell into the river and almost drowned. | ||
| Manitowoc Pilot | Schooner | Merchant | 5 | Tonnage of vessel 66, lying up for the winter in the Manitowoc River. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Merchant | 1900-06-15 | 1 | Schooners Merchant and J. W. Wright arrived with lumber for H. Grimm and H. Gericke. | |
| Manitowoc Pilot | Schooner | Merchant | 1896-09-03 | 3 | Arrived Sunday with another cargo of wood for the Johnson fuel Co. | |
| Manitowoc Pilot | Schooner | Merchant | 1899-04-27 | 5 | Left for Sturgeon Bay, the first of the Manitowoc fleet to go north. | |
| Manitowoc Pilot | Schooner | Merchant | 1 | One of winter fleet at Manitowoc. Gross tonnage 66. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Merchant | 1900-06-22 | 1 | The schooners Pearl and Merchant arrived here the first of the week with lumber for local dealers. The former from Menominee and the latter from Cedar River. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Merchant | 1900-07-20 | 1 | The schooner Merchant arrived in port the first of the week with a cargo of lumber for one of our local dealers. | |
| Door County Advocate | Wharf | Merchants | 1903-06-06 | 1 | To be converted into a coal dock |
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.