Trump Renames Lake Ontario to Lake America | Fort Wayne News

Fort Wayne News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 28, 2026 · 1m

President Trump just renamed Lake Ontario to Lake America — yes, really — in a bold executive move tied to strained trade ties with Canada. It’s not the first time he’s rebranded geography (remember the Gulf of Mexico? Now it’s the Gulf of America), but this one’s trickier: it straddles the U.S.-Canada border, where naming rights are shared. While federal docs will soon reflect “Lake America,” Google Maps and Canadian maps likely won’t budge — and Ottawa says they’re not even in charge of the name. The cost? A few hundred thousand bucks for paperwork — but the real price? Cultural history…