External view of the Google building in Chelsea on Thursday, Oct. 09, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Kena Betancur)
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Aug 30, 2026 | 8:40 AM
OTTAWA — Google Maps has updated to display “Lake America” when people in the United States search for the term.
Canadians will still see it written out as Lake Ontario — unless they specifically search for the term Lake America.
The search giant said in a post on its corporate website that it made the change because the U.S. government’s geographic names database has formally changed the name of the lake.
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to rename the body of water Lake America.
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