Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order seeking to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America. The move comes after trade talks between the US and Canada collapsed late last week, and the US imposed new 50% tariffs on $20bn (C$28bn) worth of Canadian goods. Canada will implement “dollar for dollar” counter tariffs next […] The post Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America…
US President Donald Trump has enacted an executive order to rechristen Lake Ontario as Lake America. This decision follows the collapse of trade negotiations between the US and Canada, which saw the imposition of new 50% tariffs on $20bn (C$28bn) worth of Canadian goods. Canada plans to retaliate with "dollar for dollar" tariffs next month.
Trump has frequently threatened to rename the lake on social media during the trade dispute. He asserted that the change is "official and effective immediately" and that his administration has completed all necessary paperwork. In 2025, Trump previously initiated a similar order, renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.
Mexico has rejected this name change, arguing that no single nation can rename a shared international waterway. This move also sparked a dispute between Mexico and tech giant Google, which altered the gulf's name in its maps application. Trump's latest order instructs the US Department of the Interior to revise the Geographic Names Information Service – the official US database of geographic names – to incorporate the new name.
Canada, however, is not obligated to acknowledge name changes made by other countries. Industry Minister Melanie Joly dismissed the notion earlier this week, stating that Canada will "always call it Lake Ontario."
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