Google Maps has updated its site to include Lake America in place of Lake Ontario, following the direction of President Donald Trump’s executive order renaming the Great Lake.
“It’s official! LAKE AMERICA on Google Maps,” said Steven Cheung, assistant to the president & White House director of communications, posted on X on Sunday.
Google released a statement on the changing of the name of the body of water.
“The U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) has formally changed the name for ‘Lake Ontario’ to ‘Lake America’ in the United States,” the company said.
Since they update Google Maps to reflect name changes in official government sources, people using the application in the United States will see “Lake America,” Google said. …