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 | Dredging | Algoma | 1908-04-03 | 1 | Information on dredging to be done along the west shore of L. Michigan including Algoma. The company will receive 21.50 per hour for the work. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Harbor | Algoma | 1908-07-17 | 1 | Information on work being done in the harbor. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Life Saving Station | Algoma | 1910-04-08 | 1 | Members of the Life Saving Station given. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Harbor | Algoma | 1910-08-05 | 1 | Work on widening the channel will begin at once. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Lighthouse | Algoma | 1902-08-29 | 1 | The walk along the north pier out to the lighthouse has become very rotten. Government officials have been notified several times but have done nothing. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Harbor | Algoma | 1899-10-06 | 3 | The crew of men that have been employed on the steam drill working in this harbor the past summer left on Monday for Kewaunee. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Harbor | Algoma | 1899-11-03 | 3 | Stone from the river is being dumped on the north side of the north pier. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Algoma | 1885-11-19 | 3 | The steamer, of the Canadian Pacific railroad, was wrecked and 35 lives were lost. She wrecked on L. Superior off Port Arthur. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Dredge | Algoma | 1912-03-22 | 8 | Captain Wm. Vollmer is on the grounds at Kewaunee fitting out the government dredge Algoma for the season's work. He expects to have it out by April 1st. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Dredge | Algoma | 1912-05-10 | 7 | Tug Industry, dredge Algoma and their fleet taken to Oconto to deepen the Oconto harbor to a seventeen feet depth and excavating the turning basin. |
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.