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 | Tug | Brooks | 1901-05-10 | 1 | The tug Brooks left Monday night for Detroit Harbor where Capt. Chapek will try fishing and if it proves good will remain there during the summer. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1901-04-05 | 1 | The fishing tug Brooks had considerable ice to battle with this week. Capt. Chapek and his crew commenced fishing with set hooks this week. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1900-12-21 | 1 | The new boiler for the tug Brooks has not arrived as yet, and is therefore causing a great delay to the owners of the boat, Chapek Bros. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Fish tug | Brooks | 1901-02-01 | 1 | The fish tug Brooks has begun fishing operations off this port. Capt. F. Chapek says they have made a few lifts this week but did not average over 1000 pounds to a lift. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Fishing tug | Brooks | 1903-03-13 | 1 | The fishing tug Brooks was taken to Kewaunee Sunday to have her boiler cleared. The boiler on the tug Herman was also cleared on the same day. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1903-06-19 | 1 | Left for Horse shoe Island where they are engaged in fishing. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1901-12-13 | 1 | The tug Brooks attempted to pull out the pound net stakes for the Muench boys on Tuesday, but in doing so broke one of the tow posts and had to give up the job. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1901-12-20 | 1 | Weather has been so cold they have been unable to get out into the lake regularly on account of ice and also steam which arises from the lake | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1902-02-28 | 1 | The owners of the tug Brooks are now engaged in fishing with hooks. They meeting with better success in this way than with gill nets. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1899-10-13 | 3 | The tug Brooks picked up about 50 logs out in the lake off this port Saturday. They are from the big raft lost last week by the Temple Emery. |
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.