Lake Ontario now called Lake America on Google Maps for U.S. users after Trump ordered name change
Google said in a blog post that the decision was based on its practice of using names assigned by the U.S. Geographic Names Information System, also known as GNIS.
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- First observed by CurrentWire: CBS News · Aug 30, 2026 at 2:30 PM ET
- Coverage span: 1d 1h
- Coverage: 4 reports from 4 independent publications
- Coverage growth: 2 → 4 publications in 1h 59m
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PBS NewsHourTier A
Lake Ontario now called Lake America on Google Maps for U.S. users after Trump ordered name change(opens original report in a new tab)National PostTier B
Ontario agencies restore Lake Ontario to their websites after Google Maps updated it to Lake America in the U.S.(opens original report in a new tab)Four Ontario government websites spent at a portion of the weekend showing U.S. President Donald Trump's new name for the shared body of water. No two of them fixed it the same way — National Post
ABC NewsTier B
Lake Ontario now called Lake America on Google Maps for US users after Trump ordered name change(opens original report in a new tab)Google says it has updated its maps application to rename Lake Ontario as “Lake America” for users in the United States — ABC News
CBS NewsTier B
Google updates maps to show "Lake America" in U.S. after Trump order(opens original report in a new tab)Google announced that it had begun rolling out changes to how its maps display Lake Ontario's name, after President Trump signed an executive order changing it to "Lake America." — CBS News
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