aine Lighthouses Come to Lilliland

aron Von Lodge was the head of a small country known as Lilliland near Switzerland. The time was the early 1900s.

The Baron lived in Lilliland Castle next to very large Castle Lake. The lake was so large that it compared favorably to one of the Great Lakes in the United States. Because Castle Lake was so large it had some unique problems of which the Baron was constantly reminded. The boats that sailed on the lake were either steamboats or sailboats and they often crashed into each other during heavy fog. The boats would sometimes crash onto the rocks at the edge of the lake due to improper markers.

The Baron summoned his trusted advisor, Professor Hamblin, to see if something could be done to make the lake safer. Lady Angela of Alpine Castle and her guest, Admiral Emberg, who was an expert on naval navigation, joined in the meeting. After a lengthy discussion, it was all agreed that a foghorn and a beacon-lights system were needed to make the waters safer.

The Baron had a cousin in Maine whom both he and Lady Angela would occasionally visit during their vacations. Since Castle Lake's shoreline was so attractive and everyone enjoyed being there, they wanted to make sure the solution also appeared attractive to the citizens and tourists of Lilliland. During the month of July when the Baron and Lady Angela were visiting in Maine, they toured the various lighthouses along the coast close to the area of their visit to see if there was a design that would blend with the lake's shoreline. They noted that not only were the foghorns helpful and beacon lights directed toward the area where they were most needed, but the town's people and tourists liked to visit the lighthouses as a point of interest and pride.

The Baron and Lady Angela brought back some attractive designs and pictures of the Maine lighthouses. The plan was to build six lighthouses at strategic locations around the lake to aid navigation. When the Maine-style lighthouses were built, they were a scaled-down version for the lake and did their job well. There were fewer boating accidents and the people of Lilliland liked that they blended right into the beautiful landscape and shoreline.