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 | 1904-02-05 | 1 | The Brooks was caught in ice and disables her rudder. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1903-10-09 | 5 | Thos. Swaty, engineer arrived home the latter part of last week and has since been under the weather at his parents in this city. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1903-07-10 | 4 | The tug Brooks arrived here Friday evening from Eagle Island, and the crew spent the Fourth in the city with their families, returning to the Island Sunday afternoon. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1903-08-21 | 1 | Considerable repair work is being done on the tug and the fishing outfit owned by Chapek & Swaty. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1905-03-24 | 5 | Capt. Albert Anderson who has been in command of the tug Brooks during the winter will sail the tug Duncan City of Sturgeon the coming summer. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Fishing tugh | Brooks | 1904-12-09 | 5 | Steam is now kept on the creaft, while the twine and other material is being got in readiness for fishing, which is on the 15th. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1905-09-22 | 5 | The work of raising the tug Brooks was completed Sunday afternoon and the craft is again ready for business. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1904-07-01 | 5 | She will be moved to a dock above second street and lay there this summer unless she is disposed of in the meantime. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1904-06-17 | 1 | Tug has been laid up at this port indefinitely. Capt. F. Chapek is thinking seriously of buying a gasoline boat which can do the same amount of work and with a smaller crew. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1903-09-11 | 1 | The tug Brooks arrived in port Sunday night with another load of fruit from across the lake. |
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.