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Aug 29, 2026 Trump signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America Tier 1 · Primary Power and Authority
The president used executive authority to unilaterally rename a shared international lake, erasing Indigenous naming history and escalating a trade dispute with Canada.
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- Trump issues executive order renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America — President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday directing US federal agencies to refer to Lake Ontario as "Lake America," effective immediately. The order affected the US Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), which sets the standard for official US maps. Google Maps complied, changing the lake's name for US users. The renaming escalated an existing trade dispute between the US and Canada involving 50% US tariffs on Canadian steel and Canadian retaliatory tariffs. Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney rejected the renaming, citing the lake's Indigenous Wendat origin meaning "the lake is beautiful, the lake is great."
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Week 85 – 2026-08-29–2026-09-04
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