Newspaper Search

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
Door County Advocate Scow Badger 1899-10-28 1 Water logged near Cedar River + wrecked
Door County Advocate Scowschooner Badger 1898-05-21 1 Had flying jibboom taken out
Door County Advocate Scow Badger 1898-07-30 1 Repaired
Door County Advocate Scow Badger 1897-08-14 1 Loaded at Aeiser s Bay near Arthur Bay
Door County Advocate Barge Badger 1919-07-11 10 Towed between Two Rivers and Manitowoc
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Schooner Badger 1892-08-25 3 The schooner Badger is in port today with lumber for the Ahnapee Furniture Co.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Scow Badger 1892-09-08 3 The scow Badger brought a cargo of hardwood lumber from Fish Creek, Monday, for the Ahnapee Furniture Co. She cleared light for the north.
Door County Advocate Schooner Badger 1887-10-08 3 Squall caused it to collide with Clara in canal
Door County Advocate Scow-schooner Badger 1899-10-14 1 Into ordinary
Door County Advocate Scow-schooner Badger 1898-07-23 1 Damaged in storm

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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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