Google Maps has made the switch — for Americans, at least.
A search on the mapping app on Sunday shows the name “Lake America” for the body of water adjoining northern New York and southern Ontario, known until very recently — and still to most — as Lake Ontario.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday that he said would “immediately” rename the body of water to “Lake America.” Canadian officials have said they will not recognize the new name.
In a blog post, Google said it changed the lake’s name after the US Geographic Names Information System, the federal government’s official database of place names, did the...
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