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 | St. Cloud | 1883-12-06 | 3 | John Roberts recently welded a heavy anchor for Captain John Doak of the schooner St. Cloud. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | St. Cloud | 1884-04-03 | 3 | The sch. St. Cloud, Capt. John Doak, cleared here for Manistique with a cargo of potatoes, hay, butter and eggs on owner's account. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | St. Cloud | 1884-02-28 | 3 | The schooner will sail from here on the opening of navigation with a new main gaff-top sail and all her lower canvass newly banded. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | St. Cloud | 1883-05-31 | 3 | The schooner St. Cloud, Capt. J. R. Doak, cleared for Whitefish Bay, Tuesday, where she will load with lumber for Youngs & Felzer. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | St. Cloud | 1883-07-05 | 3 | Capt. John Doak was in port trying to purchase a load of brick. Being unable to procure them here, she went to Kewaunee for them. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | St. Cloud | 1883-08-23 | 3 | The schooners Sea Star, Madonna, St. Cloud and Graham Bros. secured a cargo of wet rye from the wrecked propeller Potomac. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | St. Cloud | 1883-08-23 | 3 | The little schooner St. Cloud was in port last Saturday. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | St. Cloud | 1884-05-15 | 3 | Returned from ports at the north end of the lake. She took down a cargo of eggs, butter, provisions for Carsten Smith + John R. Doak. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | St. Cloud | 1884-08-14 | 3 | Schooner St. Cloud, arrived in port yesterday afternoon, with load of wood, bound for Milwaukee. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | St. Cloud | 1884-09-18 | 3 | Capt. McDonald has gone to Milwaukee, to take charge of the schooner St. Cloud. |
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.