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 | 1890-10-16 | 3 | The scow Wm. Finch arrived in port yesterday, and will probably load with wood here for the south. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Wm. Finch | 1891-05-21 | 3 | The Wm. Finch arrived on Monday. She took on a cargo of posts for Henry Gericke, and will clear to-day. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Wm. Finch | 1891-01-01 | 3 | Laid up here for the winter. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Wm. Finch | 1890-04-17 | 3 | In port and took aboard household furniture, also the boiler and machinery for Perlewitz & Haucke's shingle mill at Baileys Harbor. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Wm. Finch | 1892-06-16 | 3 | The Wm. Finch cleared last Monday for Racine, with a cargo of shingles. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Wm. Finch | 1892-06-09 | 3 | The Wm. Finch is now in port, taking on a cargo of shingles for Racine. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Wm. Finch | 1892-05-19 | 3 | In with part of a cargo of shingles for C. L. Fellows from Foscoro. She finished her cargo with shingles for S. L. Hall. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Wm. Finch | 1892-03-31 | 3 | Capt, Michael Wenniger was cutting a piece of timber, with an ax, on his vessel when the ax rebounded and cut a 2" gash in his head. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Wm. Finch | 1891-11-26 | 3 | Arrived in port having on a part cargo of coal for parties here. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Wm. Finch | 1891-11-19 | 3 | Bound south with a load of shingles from Sturgeon Bay, came in to await favorable winds. She cleared on Tuesday. |
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.