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Trump Renames Lake Ontario to Lake America | San Antonio News
President Trump just signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario to “Lake America” for all U.S. government use — a move echoing his earlier Gulf of Mexico rename — amid escalating U.S.-Canada trade tensions. With tariffs already slapped on $20 billion in Canadian goods and Ottawa retaliating, the symbolic gesture lands right on the border where New York meets Ontario. While federal maps will now reflect the new name, Canada’s Premier dismisses it as political theater, urging diplomacy instead. The original Indigenous name — meaning “lake of shining waters” — dates back centuries before…
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