Canadian Power Company Apologizes Over Map Showing ‘Lake America’
Hydro One apologized after its outage map showed “Lake America” instead of Lake Ontario, blaming a third-party mapping service.
A Canadian power company named Hydro One has issued an apology for mistakenly labeling Lake Ontario as "Lake America" on its online outage map. The error stemmed from a third-party mapping service that Hydro One uses for its outage map. The incident occurred shortly after President Donald Trump issued an executive order on August 27, directing the U.S. government to rename Lake Ontario as "Lake America."
Google Maps adopted the new name, displaying "Lake America" for U.S. users, while Canadian users continued to see "Lake Ontario." Several Canadian websites, including those of Hydro One, the LCBO, and Metrolinx, were also displaying "Lake America" due to their use of third-party mapping tools. The renaming is considered symbolic and has further strained relations between the United States and Canada, already tense due to ongoing trade negotiations and a tariff dispute.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has publicly rejected the name change, reaffirming the lake's traditional Canadian name.
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