(Bloomberg) — Google Maps relabeled Lake Ontario as “Lake America” for users in the United States after President Donald Trump said he would rename the lake amid a trade spat with Canada.
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The decision was prompted by a change in the official US government geographic naming system, the company said.
Users in Canada will continue to see the body of water labeled as Lake Ontario, while the rest of the world will see both names displayed.
The lake spans the border between the United States and Canada. Trump clashed with New York Governor Kathy Hochul after she said that New York state wouldn’t use the new name.
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford answered the decree Saturday with a billboard-sized message on the Canadian shoreline: “Lake Ontario. Now and Always.” The message is repeated in French.
“These updates follow our long-standing policy for bodies of water with names that vary from country to country,” Google parent company Alphabet said in a statement.
MapQuest will not change the name in its products, the platform wrote in a social media post. Apple Maps is currently displaying the body of water to US users as Lake Ontario.
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Trump last year ordered the Gulf of Mexico renamed to Gulf of America.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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