 The bridge depicted in the movie is the in reality is actually quite  close to where the house was built (near the D.A.R. state park in  Vermont). Filming required closing the bridge for several days. This  caused a lot of problems for the local populations on both sides of  the long Lake Champlain, as the bridge is one of the few places to  cross, aside from detouring hours out of the way to take a long (and  expensive) ride on one of the ferries.