US President Trump signs order renaming Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’
Summary
President Donald Trump signed an executive order to rename Lake Ontario, which is shared by the US and Canada, as "Lake America." He made this decision amid ongoing trade tensions with Canada and said the name change is immediate.Key Facts
- President Trump signed the order in the Oval Office during a trade conflict with Canada.
- The new name, "Lake America," replaces "Lake Ontario," a lake that borders both countries.
- Trump criticized Canada’s trade practices, calling Canadian officials "nasty people."
- This is not the first time Trump renamed a geographical feature; he previously renamed the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.
- Lake Ontario’s name comes from the Huron Indigenous word meaning “lake of shining waters.”
- The Canadian province of Ontario is named after Lake Ontario.
- Trump suggested he might rename other bodies of water, including the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
- Cartographers and governments have used the name “Gulf of Mexico” for nearly 500 years, long before the US was founded.
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