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Lake Ontario is now ‘Lake America’ on Google Maps for US users after Trump’s renaming order
Google has begun displaying Lake Ontario as Lake America for users in the US, following President Donald Trump's executive order, while Canada will retain the original name.
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- Why it matters
- US and Canadian users will see different names for the same body of water on Google Maps, creating a split view of shared geography that reflects the executive order's implementation.
- Most affected
- US Google Maps users — See Lake Ontario labeled as Lake America instead.
Canadian Google Maps users — Continue seeing Lake Ontario under its original name. - Likely next
- Whether other tech platforms apply the same naming change, and whether Canada or other parties formally respond to the renaming.
Also reported by: New York Post