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Lake Ontario to 'Lake America': Who gets to decide what goes on maps?

PBS NewsHour · August 30, 2026 at 2:16 PM

Lake Ontario to 'Lake America': Who gets to decide what goes on maps?

A geographer explains the politics and procedures behind renaming American places.

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