Google Maps Reflects Trump's Order Renaming Lake Ontario as 'Lake America'
Google has updated its maps application to rename Lake Ontario as 'Lake America' for users in the United States. This change comes after a recent order by President Donald Trump, amid an escalating trade war with Canada that has led both countries to impose billions of dollars in added tariffs on each other's goods.
The decision was based on Google's practice of using names assigned by the US Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). According to Google, people using Maps in the US will see 'Lake America', those in Canada will continue to see 'Lake Ontario', and those outside of the US and Canada will see both names.
The update echoes what Google did in 2025 when Trump issued an order to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America. The change is starting to roll out now, following Google's long-standing policy for bodies of water with names that vary from country to country.