Trump Renames Lake Ontario as Lake America

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Updated on August 28, 2026

Trump Renames Lake Ontario as Lake America

President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the U.S. government to rename Lake Ontario “Lake America” amid the trade dispute with Canada. Canadian officials, including Prime Minister Mark Carney and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, rejected the change and said they would continue using the original name.

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New York Gov Hochul rejects Trump's 'Lake America' renaming with blunt message

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul pushed back on President Donald Trump's executive order to rename Lake Ontario to "Lake America" amid his trade war with Canada.

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Trump signs executive order to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America

Symbolic move to rename lake bordering New York and Canada comes amid escalating trade war with northern neighbor

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Carney says Lake Ontario will keep its name 'now and always' after Trump order

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney fired back at President Donald Trump‘s move to rename Lake Ontario to “Lake America” during the countries’ trade war, pointing to the centuries-old, Indigenous root of the lake’s original name.

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Trump signs executive order to rename Lake Ontario "Lake America"

Updated on: August 27, 2026 / 5:44 PM EDT / CBS News

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Carney Rejects Trump’s Renaming of Lake Ontario

Prime Minister Mark Carney responded to U.S. President Donald Trump’s signing of an executive order renaming Lake Ontario as Lake America, saying the body of water will always keep its original name. Carney said in a statement on Aug. 27 that the lake’s name is more than 400 years old and comes from the Wendat word Ontari’io, which means “the lake is beautiful, the lake is big.” He added that the lake’s name therefore predates both the Confederation of Canada and the signing of the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America. “We know that America is changing. Their trading relationships, their foreign policies, their national monuments, their hydronyms,” Carney said. “Canadians also know that naming reality means calling it Lake Ontario – then, now and always.”

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Trump Signs Order to Rename Lake Ontario 'Lake America' Amid Canada Trade War

President Donald Trump signed an executive order that he said will "immediately" change the name of Lake Ontario to "Lake America."

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Trump renames Lake Ontario to 'Lake America' in jab at Canada over trade war

President Donald Trump has followed through on his threat to rename Lake Ontario as his trade war with Canada continues.The president lambasted Canadian officials after they rejected a trade deal and responded with reciprocal tariffs to Trump's newest tariffs.'Maybe we’ll have to change the name of the Atlantic and/or the Pacific. Maybe we’ll change them both.'The president signed an executive order changing the lake's name to "Lake America" on Thursday."We’re going to be changing the name of Lake Ontario effective immediately to Lake America," he said to reporters."We filed all of the necessary papers, documents, [and] everything else. We’ve notified all of the various people you have to notify," he added.The president previously changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America" shortly after he retook office."If you think about it, we have a gulf, now we have a lake, now all we need is an ocean," Trump joked. "Maybe we’ll have to change the name of the Atlantic and/or the Pacific. Maybe we’ll change them both."While Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has tried to match the president's rhetoric, Ontario Premier Doug Ford has fired back against the U.S. with excessive threats."He can kiss my ass as far as I'm concerned," said Ford. "We need to throw everything and the kitchen sink at him. He's arrogant, he's cocky."Ford has threatened to cut off electricity and minerals that Canada provides for the northern U.S. states."I’ll cut them off," he added. "You won’t get a grain of sand out of Ontario."RELATED: Trump says he will declare new US territory 'pretty soon' in the Middle East The lake encompasses 7,340 square miles but is the smallest of the Great Lakes.Canada is the second-largest trading partner to the U.S., behind Mexico in the top spot and ahead of China.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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