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Google Maps users in the United States will now see the name “Lake America” instead of “Lake Ontario,” the company said on Saturday, two days after President Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming the body of water amid an ongoing trade war with Canada.
Read the full story on Forbes: forbes.com/sites/zacharyfolk/2026/08/30/google-maps-now-displays-lake-america-after-trumps-executive-order-amid-us-canada-trade-war
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Google Maps users in the United States will now see the name “Lake America” instead of “Lake Ontario,” the company said on Saturday, two days after President Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming the body of water amid an ongoing trade war with Canada.
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