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 | 1900-07-20 | 1 | The tug Brooks left Wednesday for Jacksonport for another raft of logs for the Veneer factory. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1900-07-27 | 1 | The tug Brooks arrived Tuesday morning from Jacksonport with a raft of logs for the Veneer factory. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1901-08-30 | 1 | Has been fitted out and will next week commence fishing from this port. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1901-09-06 | 1 | Went to Two Rivers the latter part of last week to get a steam lifting roller. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1901-05-24 | 1 | Has been fishing out of Washington Harbor during the past two weeks and reports some good hauls. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1901-04-12 | 1 | During the day the ice shoved in and they were unable to get back into this port. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1901-03-22 | 1 | The tug succeeded in getting to her nets early Sunday morning, forcing her way through the ice field. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1901-02-08 | 1 | The tug got caught outy in the lake in the northeaster of last Sunday and experienced a pretty rough time before getting inside the harbor piers. | |
| 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 | Tug | Brooks | 1902-12-26 | 3 | Several of their lifts have amounted to over a 1,000 pounds each. |
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.