Trump’s Lake Ontario name change clashes with a centuries-old treaty. Google Maps is on the hook, too

According to the president of the Seneca Nation, President Donald Trump’s executive order to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America is more than merely controversial: It flies in the face of a 232-year-old treaty—and social media thinks mapping platforms like Google Maps are just as guilty. Last week, Trump signed the exe

Google Maps now shows different names depending on a user’s country, while a Trump administration official says Apple has been “directly” contacted by the president about making changes.

President Trump has asked Apple to change Lake Ontario name to ‘Lake America’ on its maps, interior chief says  Chicago Tribune

US President Donald Trump has asked Apple to change the name of Lake Ontario to "Lake America" on its maps app, his administration's interior chief said Monday.

Trump has asked Apple to change Lake Ontario name to 'Lake America' on its maps, interior chief says  AP News

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

Google rolled out the Lake America change on Saturday, while the official US government maps are still waiting.

"Lake America" has been removed from several Ontario government agency websites following a scramble over the weekend prompted by Google Maps' change of the name for some customers. Follow for live updates.

President Trump has “reached out to Apple directly” about changing Lake Ontario’s name to Lake America in Apple Maps, according to U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. more…

How maps are handling Lake Ontario to Lake America name change  USA Today

Users across the world have seen a change in how Lake Ontario appears on their screens after Donald Trump ordered the name change for one of the Canadian Great Lakes amid escalating tensions with America's northern neighbour

What you call Lake Ontario now depends on where you are logging in from. Google Maps has begun showing "Lake America" to US users following US President Donald Trump's executive order, while Canadians still see the name that has stood for more than 400 years.

The lake will appear as “Lake America” in the U.S. and “Lake Ontario” in Canada, similar to Google’s change for the Gulf of Mexico last year.

Google Maps has changed the name of Lake Ontario for American users. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Google Maps now labels Lake Ontario as Lake America for its US users. The backlash on the internet was swift, with people criticizing Google for the change. Canadian politicians are also scrubbing their government websites

The name change even made its way to some government websites in Canada which pull map data from Google Maps. Meanwhile, Ontario Premier Doug Ford made his position clear by erecting a billboard on the shore of the lake.

After US President Donald Trump signed an executive order changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America, Google updates its US-based maps.

Aug 30 (Reuters) - Google Maps has changed the name of "Lake Ontario" to "Lake America" for U.S. users to reflect President Donald Trump's executive order renaming the lake, according to a Google statement.

People in Canada will still see the body of water labeled Lake Ontario, the Indigenous-rooted name used since the 17th century, on their devices and computers, the US-based tech giant said

Google has updated its maps application to rename Lake Ontario as “Lake America” for users in the United States, reflecting a recent order by President Donald Trump that changed the name of the lake, the global technology giant says.

Google said in a blog post Saturday that the decision was based on its practice of using names assigned by the US Geographic Names Information System.

(AP) -- Google has updated its maps application to rename Lake Ontario as "Lake America" for users in the United States, reflecting a recent order by

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.

Google has updated its maps application to rename Lake Ontario as “Lake America” for users in the United States, reflecting a recent order by US President Donald Trump that changed the name of the lake, the global technology giant says. The Google Maps update comes days after Trump’s order amid an escalating trade war

Lake Ontario now called Lake America on Google Maps for US users after Trump ordered name change  Toronto Star

Google says it has updated its maps application to rename Lake Ontario as “Lake America” for users in the United States

Google says it has updated its maps application to rename Lake Ontario as “Lake America” for users in the United States

Google Maps Will Show 'Lake America' In U.S., Not 'Lake Ontario'  HuffPost

Google said it made its change in line with the US Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), the official federal database for geographic names.

Google said it made its change in line with the US Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), the official federal database for geographic names.

The tech giant followed President Donald Trump’s lead, as it did with the Gulf of Mexico last year.

The decision was prompted by a change in the official US government geographic naming system, the company said.

Google Maps changes Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’ in US searches  CNN

The company said it updates Google Maps to reflect name changes in official government sources, which includes the U.S. Geographic Names Information System.

“It’s absolutely backwards,” Ontario Premier Doug Ford says after Google adopts “Lake America” for US users while Canada still sees Lake Ontario.

Google changes name of Lake Ontario to 'Lake America' on US maps after Trump edict  lbc.co.uk

Donald Trump has changed "Lake Ontario" to "Lake America." Google has followed suit.

Google Maps has updated to display "Lake America" when people in the United States search for the name.

Tech giant says name to remain Lake Ontario for Canadian users, change reflects decision by US government agency.

Google Maps has controversially renamed Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’ for US users, sparking outrage from Canadian officials amid escalating trade tension

Company says U.S. Geographic Names Information System spurred change in America, and that Canadians users would continue to see Lake Ontario on their maps

After Donald Trump’s executive order demanding the name change, Google is the first major online maps provider to flip the switch.

The company made the same change to the Gulf of Mexico last year.

People in Canada will still see Lake Ontario, the Indigenous-rooted name used for the lake since the 17th century, on their devices and computers, the US-based tech giant said.

Trump announced on Thursday that he was changing the name of the smallest of the five Great Lakes, as part of an escalating trade feud with Canada.

Google Maps will show 'Lake America' in US, not 'Lake Ontario'  Reuters

Google Maps made a similar change to the Gulf of Mexico in 2025, labelling it the Gulf of America.

Google Maps on Saturday changed the name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America” for U.S. users, while keeping the name intact for Canadian Google users and carrying both names for international users, following President Trump’s executive order to rename the Great Lake. The tech giant cited its name change to the U.S. Geogr

It'll still show up as Lake Ontario for Maps users in Canada.

Trump’s order affects the U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), which sets the standards for official U.S. maps

Google Maps Now Shows Lake Ontario As ‘Lake America’  Forbes

Users in the United States will see the new label, following President Trump’s executive order last week.

Lake Ontario will appear as “Lake America” on Google Maps, the company said - but only to users in the United States.

The Great Lake’s name could change on your map app depending on what side of the US-Canada border you’re on.

President Donald Trump made a big announcement today - signing an executive order to officially rename Lake Ontario in Canada to 'Lake America.'

Some foreigners, and other irrelevant people, complain that Americans don’t care about their tiny, unimportant countries. And of course, that’s true, and for obvious reasons. Why should we waste our time thinking about some weirdly shaped blotch on the living room globe when they can’t even speak English there like civ

House Democrats are planning legislation to counteract the executive order President Trump signed Thursday redesignating Lake Ontario as "Lake America," Axios has learned. Why it matters: Democrats are scrambling to contain the fallout from an escalating economic conflict between the Trump administration and the Canadi

President Donald Trump on Thursday followed through on a threat to rename Lake Ontario to “Lake America,” issuing an executive order to “Make the Great Lakes Even Greater” amid a collapsed trade deal with Canada, further escalating tensions between the two former allies. The lake in question has been known as Lake Onta

Sam Stein and Andrew Egger went live to cover Trump order to rename Lake Ontario to “Lake America.” They give their takes on the absurdity of it, the cost, and why Trump’s latest map-making stunt is a perfect snapshot of a president who seems increasingly out of ideas and out of touch. Plus, they dig into Trump’s bizar

President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday directing the federal government to rename Lake Ontario amid an escalating trade dispute with Canada .

Donald Trump has said he will rename Lake Ontario as ⁠Lake America in the US following the escalating trade war with Canada.