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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Door County Advocate | Schooner | Carrie and Annie | 1901-07-27 | 1 | Name changed to Three Sisters | |
| Door County Advocate | Carrie and Lillie | 1901-06-01 | 1 | New boat - dim. given | ||
| Manitowoc Pilot | Fishing tug | Carrie Currens | 1894-03-01 | 3 | E. Hammel of Two Rivers sold tug to Capt. Gunderson of Sheboygan | |
| Door County Advocate | Tug | Carrie Currens | 1893-10-21 | 5 | Half interest sold for $2,000 | |
| Manitowoc Pilot | Tug | Carrie Currens | 1893-12-07 | 3 | Unable to get into Two Rivers due to ice. Took 3 hours to get to Manitowoc. | |
| Door County Advocate | Tug | Carrie Currens | 1894-01-13 | 5 | Fishing at Two Rivers | |
| Door County Advocate | Tug | Carrie Currens | 1893-12-09 | 5 | Caught in ice | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Carrie E. Brown | 1886-11-04 | 3 | In attempting to enter our harbor in a gale, whe was badly wrecked by running into the part of a bridge pier in the center of the channel. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Carrie Mather | 1905-12-22 | 1 | Capt. Wm. Marshall and engineer Chas Wondrasek of tug Industry are fitting out the tug Carrie Mather at Sheboygan, | |
| Door County Advocate | Tug | Carrie Mather | 1907-06-27 | 1 | Took stone-laden barge Felicitous to Two Rivers from Sturgeon Bay Stone Co. quarry |
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.