
The decision responds to a presidential decree by Donald Trump in the midst of a trade dispute with Canada.
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The move follows a trade dispute between the US and Canada that includes reciprocal tariffs. Google bases the change on the update from official sources of the US Government (GNIS).
Google Maps has changed the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America for users in the United States to reflect Donald Trump's presidential decree renaming the lake, according to a statement from Google.
Trump announced Thursday that he was changing the name of the smallest of the five Great Lakes, amid an intensifying trade dispute with Canada that has led both countries to impose reciprocal tariffs on billions of dollars' worth of goods.
The president's order affects the United States Geographic Names Information System, which sets standards for official maps of the United States. It has no impact on Canadian naming conventions or how the rest of the world refers to the lake.
"As we update Google Maps to reflect name changes in official government sources — which in the case of the US is the GNIS — Maps users in the United States will see Lake America, those in Canada will continue to see Lake Ontario, and those outside the United States and Canada will see both names," Google explained in a blog post published on Saturday.
The White House, Carney's office and Ford's office had no immediate comment Sunday on Google's decision.
Google Maps made a similar change to the Gulf of Mexico last year, naming it the "Gulf of America" following Trump's executive order, issued on his first day in office, renaming that body of water.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday immediately rejected the lake's name change. New York's Democratic governor, Kathy Hochul, whose state shares a long border with Canada, declared that "New York will not call it that," while Phil Scott, the Republican governor of the neighboring state of Vermont, called Trump's decision "petty and disappointing" on social media.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford unveiled a large lakeside sign Saturday that reads, "Lake Ontario: Now and Forever," in both English and French. "President Trump can call it whatever he wants, but I can assure you the rest of the world will always call it Lake Ontario," Ford said.
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