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Why some Canadian website maps show ‘Lake America’ instead of Lake Ontario

Global News Canada · August 31, 2026 at 4:14 p.m.

Why some Canadian website maps show ‘Lake America’ instead of Lake Ontario

The issue first arose after several websites including Hydro One, Elections Canada, Infrastructure Ontario and others showed Lake America on their maps.

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