Official Who Filed To Rename Lake Erie Admits It’s ‘Shockingly Dumb’
Summary
Cleveland’s City Council voted to rename a two-mile stretch of Lake Erie along the city shoreline the "Gulf of Cleveland" as a joke responding to recent efforts to rename lakes, including President Trump’s push to call Lake Ontario "Lake America." The renaming is symbolic and not legally official but highlights political debates over geographic names.Key Facts
- Cleveland City Council passed a 13-1 symbolic vote to rename part of Lake Erie the "Gulf of Cleveland."
- The renaming only applies to a small area near Cleveland’s shore and is not legally binding.
- The proposal was made by Councilmember Kris Harsh to mock recent renaming campaigns.
- President Trump has proposed renaming Lake Ontario to "Lake America."
- Pennsylvania state representative David Maloney suggested renaming Lake Erie as "Lake Pennsylvania."
- The city clerk will notify mapping companies of the new name, but the official name of Lake Erie remains unchanged.
- The renaming by Cleveland was framed as a satirical response to growing political focus on changing place names.
- Harsh said that words don’t matter and the move was meant to cut through political distractions.
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