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Trump Considers Renaming Lake Ontario | Edmonton News
President Trump is reportedly eyeing a dramatic name change for Lake Ontario—dubbing it “Lake America”—as a symbolic move amid strained U.S.-Canada trade ties. This isn’t the first time he’s pushed geographic rebranding, previously attempting to rename Denali to Mount McKinley and the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, sparking controversy over international agreements. While the U.S. Board on Geographic Names advises joint coordination with Canada for shared features like the Great Lakes—formally governed by the 1909 Boundary Waters Treaty—the president’s executive power could…
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