Trump Renames Lake Ontario to Lake America | Wilmington News

Wilmington News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 30, 2026 · 1m

President Trump shocks the nation by signing an executive order renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America amid tense U.S.-Canada trade talks — a move Indigenous leaders, including Seneca Nation President J. Conrad Seneca, fiercely reject as erasure of history and a violation of treaties. Seneca calls it “unpresidential,” insisting the lake’s original name, sga:nyodai:yoh (“beautiful lake”), honors millennia of Indigenous heritage. Canadian PM Mark Carney joins the chorus, declaring the name will remain unchanged — while U.S. governors and lawmakers rally against the renaming, spotlighting a…