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Google Maps now show ‘Lake America’ in US, not ‘Lake Ontario’

Daily Maverick · 31 August 2026 at 06:44

Google Maps now show ‘Lake America’ in US, not ‘Lake Ontario’

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.

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