{"id":8022,"date":"2026-08-30T18:06:42","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T18:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=8022"},"modified":"2026-08-30T18:06:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T18:06:42","slug":"google-maps-changes-lake-ontario-label-to-lake-america-in-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=8022","title":{"rendered":"Google Maps changes Lake Ontario label to Lake America in U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>(Bloomberg) \u2014 Google Maps relabeled Lake Ontario as \u201cLake America\u201d for users in the United States after President Donald Trump said he would rename the lake amid a trade spat with Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=8020\">Gore might lead next wave of 49ers greats into the Hall of Fame<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The decision was prompted by a change in the official US government geographic naming system, the company said.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019t use the new name.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=8018\">Craig\u2019s call to the Hall might have been \u2018game over\u2019 for the Team of the 80s<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ontario Premier Doug Ford answered the decree Saturday with a billboard-sized message on the Canadian shoreline: \u201cLake Ontario. Now and Always.\u201d The message is repeated in French.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese updates follow our long-standing policy for bodies of water with names that vary from country to country,\u201d Google parent company Alphabet said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=8016\">San Jose police officer released from hospital after being wounded in shootout<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump last year ordered the Gulf of Mexico renamed to Gulf of America.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google Maps relabeled Lake Ontario as \u201cLake America\u201d for users in the United States after President Donald Trump said he would rename the lake amid a trade spat with Canada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8021,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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