{"id":69409,"date":"2026-08-31T05:39:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T05:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/upndownbeirut.com\/?p=69409"},"modified":"2026-08-31T05:39:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T05:39:44","slug":"lake-ontario-now-called-lake-america-on-google-maps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/upndownbeirut.com\/?p=69409","title":{"rendered":"Lake Ontario now called Lake America on Google Maps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: arial black, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-69410\" src=\"http:\/\/upndownbeirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-30-203327.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"937\" height=\"522\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"gnt_ar_b\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el\" aria-label=\"Video - Trump signs executive order renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America\">\n<div class=\"gnt_em_vb gnt_em_vb__he\" aria-label=\"President Trump signed an executive order directing his administration to change the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America.\"><span style=\"font-family: arial black, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Google Maps has begun displaying &#8220;Lake America&#8221; for Lake Ontario in the United States following the federal government&#8217;s decision to rename the Great Lake.<\/span><\/div>\n<div aria-label=\"President Trump signed an executive order directing his administration to change the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America.\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><span style=\"font-family: arial black, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The U.S. Geographic Names Information System, the federal government&#8217;s official geographic names database, formally changed the name from &#8220;Lake Ontario&#8221; to &#8220;Lake America&#8221; on Aug. 29. Google said it is updating Maps to reflect the change.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><span style=\"font-family: arial black, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The change means the name displayed on Google Maps will depend on where a user is located.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"gnt_ar_b_h2\"><span style=\"font-family: arial black, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">What will Google Maps show for Lake Ontario?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><span style=\"font-family: arial black, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Google said Maps users in the United States will see &#8220;Lake America,&#8221; while users in Canada will continue to see &#8220;Lake Ontario.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<aside class=\"gnt_x__c gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<div id=\"ad-slot-7103-ny-rochester-C1070-native-article_link-news-4-ac1\" class=\"gnt_x_sl gnt_x_al\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-method=\"llx\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><span style=\"font-family: arial black, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">People viewing Google Maps outside the United States and Canada will see both names.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><span style=\"font-family: arial black, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Google said the changes are beginning to roll out and follow its existing policy for bodies of water that have different names in different countries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"gnt_ar_b_h2\"><span style=\"font-family: arial black, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Why is Lake Ontario now called Lake America?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><span style=\"font-family: arial black, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">President Donald Trump signed an executive order Aug. 27 directing the federal government to rename Lake Ontario as &#8220;Lake America.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><span style=\"font-family: arial black, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The order directed the Interior Department and U.S. Board on Geographic Names to update federal records and geographic databases to reflect the new name.<\/span><\/p>\n<aside class=\"gnt_x__c gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<div id=\"ad-slot-7103-ny-rochester-C1070-native-article_link-news-5-ac2\" class=\"gnt_x_sl gnt_x_al\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-method=\"llx\" data-x-c=\"2\" data-google-query-id=\"CL_0y9TxyJYDFVsEYwEdLcsR5Q\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/7103\/ny-rochester-C1070\/native-article_link\/news_1__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><span style=\"font-family: arial black, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The order applies to the U.S. government and does not require Canada or other countries to adopt &#8220;Lake America.&#8221; Canadian officials have said they will continue to call the lake Lake Ontario.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"gnt_ar_b_h2\"><span style=\"font-family: arial black, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">What does the change mean for New York?<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"gnt_em_t gnt_em_t__hb\" data-c-et=\"Lake Ontario renamed as Lake America by Trump amid US Canada trade rift\" aria-label=\"Trump renames Lake Ontario as Lake America with an Oval Office order during rising U.S. and Canada trade friction.\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><span style=\"font-family: arial black, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">For New Yorkers, the most visible change will be the name displayed on Google Maps and other services that rely on U.S. government geographic data.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><span style=\"font-family: arial black, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">New York state and local governments are not required by Trump&#8217;s order to change the name they use for the lake. Rochester City Council, for example, recently voted to continue using &#8220;Lake Ontario&#8221; in official local capacities.<\/span><\/p>\n<aside id=\"gnt_atomsnc\" class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_anc\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-method=\"loadAnc\" aria-label=\"Newsletter signup form\">\n<div class=\"cwPromoMobile\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><span style=\"font-family: arial black, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Lake Ontario forms part of the international border between New York and Ontario, Canada, and remains the smallest of the five Great Lakes by surface area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><span style=\"font-family: arial black, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The lake covers about 7,340 square miles and has long been central to New York&#8217;s shipping, tourism, recreation and communities along the shoreline.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gnt_ss\" dir=\"ltr\" data-g-r=\"base_sc\" data-ss-u=\"https:\/\/www.democratandchronicle.com\/story\/news\/2026\/08\/30\/google-maps-lake-ontario-lake-america-new-york\/91537499007\/\" data-ss-t=\"Lake Ontario now called Lake America on Google Maps\" data-ss-d=\"The name change is rolling out to Google Maps users in the U.S., while Canadians will continue to see Lake Ontario.\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google Maps has begun displaying &#8220;Lake America&#8221; for Lake Ontario in the United States following the federal government&#8217;s decision to rename the Great Lake. The U.S. Geographic Names Information System, the federal government&#8217;s official geographic names database, formally changed the name from &#8220;Lake Ontario&#8221; to &#8220;Lake America&#8221; on Aug. 29. Google said it is updating &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":69410,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[198],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-198"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/upndownbeirut.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/upndownbeirut.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/upndownbeirut.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upndownbeirut.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upndownbeirut.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=69409"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/upndownbeirut.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69411,"href":"https:\/\/upndownbeirut.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69409\/revisions\/69411"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upndownbeirut.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/69410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/upndownbeirut.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upndownbeirut.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upndownbeirut.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}