The Cartographic Consequences of Rivalry Lake Ontario's name has been changed to "Lake America" on Google Maps for US users, following an order from President Donald Trump.
This move is part of a broader diplomatic tension between the United States and Canada, with trade war escalations and nationalist rhetoric dominating headlines.
The practice of renaming geographic features is not new; in 2025, Google complied with Trump's request to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.