Apple Maps renames Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America’ for US users after Trump order
Tech company submits to controversial Trump order to rename body of water amid US trade spat with Canada Apple has renamed Lake Ontario as “Lake America” for US users of its Maps app, after an executive order from Donald Trump to change the name of the Great Lake amid his trade spat with Canada. The Apple Maps app now displays the controversial new name for the lake, which sits between New York state and the Canadian province of Ontario, for users in the US. Apple users outside the country will…
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- First observed by CurrentWire: ABC News · Sep 2, 2026 at 12:20 PM ET
- Coverage span: 4h 55m
- Coverage: 2 reports from 2 independent publications
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- Why some Canadian website maps show ‘Lake America’ instead of Lake Ontario
- Google Maps changes Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’ as MapQuest downloads surge
- Google Maps renames "Lake Ontario" to "Lake America" even faster than US government
- Canada claps back at Trump's efforts to rename Lake Ontario as 'Lake America'
- Some Ontario government, business websites show ‘Lake America’ on maps
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Apple Maps renames Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America’ for US users after Trump order(opens original report in a new tab)ABC NewsTier B
Apple changes Lake Ontario name to 'Lake America' for US users of its Maps(opens original report in a new tab)Apple has relabeled Lake Ontario to “Lake America” for U.S. users of its maps app, following competitor Google days after President Donald Trump ordered a new name for the body of water amid his escalating… — ABC News
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Filed under Technology · US & Canada · News. Topics extracted from this report, with other live CurrentWire stories mentioning each: Canada (26), Ontario (6), Trade (21), Lake Ontario (3), New York (15), Lake America' (none), United States (85).
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