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Trump signs order changing Lake Ontario's name 'effective immediately'

The Hill · August 27, 2026 at 1:50 PM

Trump signs order changing Lake Ontario's name 'effective immediately'

President Trump signed an executive order Thursday formally changing the name of Lake Ontario to "Lake America" amid the U.S. trade war with Canada.

“We’re going to be changing the name of Lake Ontario effective immediately to Lake America,” Trump told reporters before he signed an executive order renaming the body of water.

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