Lake Lachrymose

Lake Lachrymose
Location Information
Location	The City
Residents	Ike Anwhistle † Josephine Anwhistle † Ishmael (Netflix) Larry Your-Waiter †
Affiliation	Ivan Lachrymose
Type	Lakeside Town
Behind the Scenes
Appearances	Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography The Wide Window
Adaptation Appearances	2004 film Netflix Adaptation: The Wide Window: Part One, The Wide Window: Part Two
Audio
Theme	Film:

Lake Lachrymose is an enormous lake that is the setting of The Wide Window. Its name can also refer to the small little coastal village located next to this dangerous body of water.

Description

The titular lake and surrounding area was discovered by and named after explorer Ivan Lachrymose.

The lake itself is enormous, large enough to attract hurricanes to the area. It is noted to be very difficult to sail in during storms. However, during calm days, it is described as quite pretty.

The lake is notorious for its population of predatory Lachrymose Leeches, known to attack anyone who smells of food, causing a restriction to be imposed around the city forbidding swimming less than thirty minutes after eating.

There are several locations in and around the lake, including:

• Captain Sham's Sailboat Rentals
• Carp Cove
• Chartreuse Island
• Cloudy Cliffs
• Condiment Bay
• Curdled Cave
• Lavender Lighthouse
• Rancorous Rocks
• Wicked Whirlpool

Captain Widdershins mentions that he patrolled Lake Lachrymose for years in his submarine, the Queequeg, implying that it is an open lake, which means it drains into a river that leads to the ocean.

The Fickle Ferry takes passengers to Damocles Dock, which is at the edge of the small town.

Town

The town located on the coast of Lake Lachrymose functions as a resort and tends to be crowded during times of nice weather. However, it tends to be nearly empty during the off-season, likely due to the lake being so large that hurricanes become an occasional issue.

The town is paved with a cobblestone road, curling around the buildings like a snake.

The town contains several shops and restaurants:

• The Anxious Clown
• Fried Egg restaurant
• Lake Lachrymose Police Department
• Look! It Fits! - clothing store
• Several closed, boarded-up stores
• A building with the words "Momento mori."
• Unnamed Grocery Store, with barrels of limes and beets up front

Outside of the town is a cliff that held Josephine Anwhistle's house before it crashed into the ocean during Hurricane Herman.

Trivia

• Lachrymose means "tear-inducing". This could be a reference to Josephine's sadness and weeping due to the loss of her husband when he swam in the lake without waiting forty-five minutes after eating.
  • Furthermore, the Baudelaire children experienced additional grief when Josephine herself suffered the same fate Ike did through their own eyes.
  • When the word "lachrymose" comes to mind in that sense, it can create imagery of a lake being filled with tears.

Appearances

Books
A Series of Unfortunate Events (Books)
1. The Bad Beginning (1999):	Absent	7. The Vile Village (2001):	Absent
2. The Reptile Room (1999):	Absent	8. The Hostile Hospital (2001):	Absent
3. The Wide Window (2000):	Debut	9. The Carnivorous Carnival (2002):	Absent
4. The Miserable Mill (2000):	Absent	10. The Slippery Slope (2003):	Absent
5. The Austere Academy (2000):	Absent	11. The Grim Grotto (2004):	Mentioned
6. The Ersatz Elevator (2001):	Absent	12. The Penultimate Peril (2005):	Absent
13. The End (2006):		Absent
All the Wrong Questions
Who Could That Be at This Hour? (2012):	Absent	Shouldn't You Be in School? (2014):	Absent
When Did You See Her Last? (2013):	Absent	Why Is This Night Different from All Other Nights? (2015):	Absent
File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents (2014):		Absent
Snicketverse
Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography (2002):		Appears
The Dismal Dinner (2004):		Absent
The Beatrice Letters (2006):		Absent
29 Myths on the Swinster Pharmacy (2014):		Absent
The Hero of the Story (2017):		Absent
Poison for Breakfast (20??):		Absent
Other Snicket Books
The Baby in the Manger (2002):		Absent
The Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming (2007):		Absent
The Lump of Coal (2008):		Absent
The Composer Is Dead (2009):		Absent
13 Words (2010):		Absent
The Dark (2013):		Absent
Goldfish Ghost (2017):		Absent

Gallery

Books

The Baudelaires arrive at Damocles Dock on Lake Lacrymose.

The Baudelaires sailing to Curdled Cave.

The Baudelaires sailing to Curdled Cave.

The Baudelaires sailing to Curdled Cave.

Two fishermen find Aunt Josephine's lifejacket.

Map of Lake Lachrymose and surrounding areas.

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The Catastrophic Card Game

The Baudelaires at Lake Lachrymose.

Hurricane Herman approaches.

Olaf about to kill Aunt Josephine.

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Movie

Concept art.

Possibly Fickle Ferry.

The lakeside town.

Damocles Dock.

Baudelaire orphans at Damocles Dock.

Aunt Josephine's house which looks over Lake Lachrymose

The view from the wide window.

Lake Lachrymose.

Lake Lachrymose during Hurricane Herman as seen from Aunt Josephine's wide window.

Count Olaf and the Baudelaires on a sail boat on Lake Lachrymose.

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Video game

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Netflix

Map.

The lake during a storm.

A view of the lake from the library.

At the lake.

The marketplace.

Momento Morris'

Anxious Clown.

Storm.

Curdled Cave

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Behind the Scenes

Set.

A view of the lake and its town.

Aunt Josephine's house.

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