# US Google Maps users to see smallest Great Lake renamed ‘Lake America’

https://mins.news/en/item/37850

- CNN, 2026-08-30 20:01 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/30/politics/google-maps-changes-lake-ontario-to-lake-america?Date=20260830&Profile=CNN

> Google Maps users in the United States will see the smallest of the Great Lakes identified as “Lake America” under an executive order from President Donald Trump directing the US government to use the new name. The change comes amid strained US-Canada trade relations.

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