# Carney says Lake Ontario will retain its name after Trump’s renaming claim

https://mins.news/en/item/34877

- Reuters, 2026-08-27 20:50 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/canadian-pm-carney-says-lake-ontario-will-continue-be-called-by-that-name-2026-08-27/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6a90a30e8f085800017b4d25

> After U.S. President Donald Trump declared that he was changing the name to “Lake America,” Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday that the lake would remain “Lake Ontario.”

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