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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 Scow Wm. Finch 1891-01-01 3 Laid up here for the winter.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Scow Wm. Finch 1891-10-15 3 Arrived in port from the south. She is taking on a cargo of wood and posts, for Henry Gericke, for Milwaukee.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Wm. Finch 1891-10-29 2 Is taking on a cargo of shingles for S. L. Hall for Racine,
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Wm. Finch 1891-11-05 3 Will probably take on a cargo of shingles here for Milwaukee or Racine.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Scow Wm. Finch 1891-09-17 3 Arrived from the north with a hold full of lumber, stopped here and loaded a deck load of shingles and cleared for the south.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Scow Wm. Finch 1891-07-23 3 Is one of the craft that has steady freights this season.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Scow Wm. Finch 1893-03-02 3 Mr. Johnson is planning on building a vessel modeled after the scow Wm. Finch.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Wm. Finch 1892-10-20 3 In from south and commenced taking on a cargo of shingles for Zastrow & Sanderman and S. L. Hall & Co., for Racine.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Schooner Wm. Finch 1892-12-15 3 The schooner Wm. Finch was towed to Clay Banks by the steambarge Mary Mills where she loaded slabs fort Capt. Jas. Tufts.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Wm. Finch 1892-11-03 3 In port awaiting favorable winds for sailing south. It loaded with shingles here for Zastrow & Sanderman and S. L. Hall & Co., for Racine.

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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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