Despite Trump's renaming of Lake Ontario, Great Lakes endure as symbol of U.S.-Canada collaboration
It's unclear whether Trump can unilaterally rename the lake, whose name predates European colonization of the Americas and has been widely recognized internationally for centuries. But the renaming belies a concerted push by the Trump administration to hold back important U.S.-Canada collaboration on scientific research and restoration work in the Great Lakes.
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- Colby Cosh: Will Ottawa rename Trump Avenue as revenge for ‘Lake America’? nationalpost.com
- Despite Trump's renaming of Lake Ontario, Great Lakes endure as symbol of U.S.-Canada collaboration cbc.ca
- ‘Typical Trump, silly joke’: ‘Lake America’ has Canadians laughing aljazeera.com
- Six Months of War, and Trump’s Push for ‘Lake America’ nytimes.com
