MapQuest is having none of itWe're not changing the name of Lake Ontario. Name it whatever you want at your leisure: https://gulfof.mapquest.com/lakeontario (tag us so we can see your work 🙂)
— MapQuest (@mapquest.com) August 27, 2026 at 4:14 PM
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Once again Google has offered conclusive evidence that it's old motto of, "Don't be evil," is inoperative.
In this case, Google Maps renamed Lake Ontario to Lake America before the ink was dry on Trump's executive order.
Time to switch to MapQuest, I guess. (Waze is owned by Google)
Google Maps has changed the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America following Donald Trump’s executive order mandating the change amid his trade war with Canada.
On Saturday, two days after the president cited Executive Order 14172 (Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness) to authorize the Great Lake’s renaming, Google Maps was updated to reflect the change for U.S. users.
Google’s sudden name change — the executive order stated the change must occur within 30 days, not 48 hours — was met with anger by Canadians, Lake Ontario-defending Americans, and HOMES mnemonic rememberers, all of whom accused the company of too quickly complying with Trump’s Lake America demand spurred by a trade war over tariffs.
To the degree that a future Democratic administration can dismantle all of the Silly-Con Valley monopolies, they should.
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