# Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario ‘Lake America’ as Carney pushes back

https://mins.news/en/item/34875

- France 24, 2026-08-27 20:39 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260827-trump-signs-order-to-rename-lake-ontario-to-lake-america-as-carney-pushes-back

> US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday directing the country’s geographic naming service to rename Lake Ontario “Lake America.” Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney opposed the move, pointing to the name’s Indigenous origins as tensions between the neighbors simmered.

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