Fort Blunder: What's In A Name? - Unusual Places

The official name of Fort Blunder is Fort Montgomery. It was only called Fort Blunder because of the story behind its creation. It was built by America after the war with the British in 1812. It is located in the shores of Lake Champlain, which is situated across the US-Canada border. The fort was built to fortify the area and to prevent another invasion from the British. There’s only one problem though. The Americans built it on the wrong side of the border. And they only discovered the mistake two years after construction began, through a joint survey conducted by […]

Ruins of Fort Montgomery along the United States–Canada border. Fort Montgomery sits on the site of a partially constructed fort often known as Fort Blunder, which was mistakenly built on Canadian territory.

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