Here’s Your Big Chance!

To own your very own fort! That's right, shoppers, an honest to goodness Civil War era fort right on the border between New York State and Quebec, Canada. Fort Montgomery, built in 1844, sits on an island in Lake Champlain and is connected to the shore with a 700 foot causeway. The fort was manned during the Civil War, but never fired a shot in anger.

"This is the first time it's been formally for sale," said Victor Podd of Boca Raton, Fla., whose family has owned the fort for 23 years.

The limestone fort sits on a Lake Champlain island in northern New York and is connected to the mainland by a 700-foot causeway. The full package offered on the auction Web site includes 6,900 feet of lake frontage and 279 acres on the adjacent mainland.

The eBay auction ends June 5th. Better hurry! Bidding was up to $1.5 million when I just checked here. They have a number of pictures of the fort, too.