{
  "id": 4686192,
  "title": "Feds force Google to scrub ‘Lake America’ from Canadian sites",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/feds-force-google-to-scrub-lake-america-from-canadian-sites",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-31T18:04:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Toronto Sun",
    "slug": "toronto-sun",
    "url": "https://torontosun.com/news/provincial/feds-force-google-to-scrub-lake-america-from-canadian-sites"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "US President Donald Trump signed an executive order to rename Lake Ontario \"Lake America\". According to Google, this change affects the US Geographic Names Information System, and as a result, Google Maps now shows \"Lake America\" for users in the US.\n\nUsers in Canada will still see the lake displayed as \"Lake Ontario\" on Google Maps, and people elsewhere in the world will see both names. The change was made after Trump contacted companies directly, including Apple, to request the name change, according to US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum.\n\nThe renaming of Lake Ontario is part of an escalating trade feud between the US and Canada, which has prompted the two countries to impose reciprocal tariffs on billions of dollars in goods.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Interior Secretary says President Trump \"reached out to Apple directly\" about changing Lake Ontario to Lake America and the company may soon alter its maps (Reuters)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/interior-secretary-says-president-trump-reached-out-to-apple-directly",
        "published": "2026-08-31T14:36:14.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "National Post",
        "title": "Ontario agencies restore Lake Ontario to their websites after Google Maps updated it to Lake America in the U.S.",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/ontario-agencies-restore-lake-ontario-to-their-websites-after-google",
        "published": "2026-08-31T19:34:18.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Global News",
        "title": "Why some Canadian website maps show ‘Lake America’ instead of Lake Ontario",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/why-some-canadian-website-maps-show-lake-america-instead-of-lake",
        "published": "2026-08-31T20:14:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}