Google Maps changed Lake Ontario’s name for its American users, and the internet is not happy.
On Thursday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to rename Lake Ontario, which straddles the Canadian and US border, to Lake America. The US Geographic Names Information System formally changed the name of the water body.
On Sunday, Google said it updates Maps based on official government sources, meaning US users would see “Lake America” while Canadian users would see “Lake Ontario.”Users outside these two countries would see “Lake Ontario (Lake America).”
The backlash to Google’s change was swift.
Some users on X called the change…
