WASHINGTON: Apple modified the title of Lake Ontario to “Lake America” on the internet model of its Apple Maps following US President Donald Trump’s executive order renaming the lake.
The transfer by Apple on Tuesday (Sep 1) adopted a choice by Alphabet late on Saturday to vary the title of the lake on its Google Maps for US customers.
Apple confirmed that US customers will see “Lake America” following a change to the physique of water’s title within the US Geographic Names Data System.
Customers in Canada will proceed to see Lake Ontario, and customers in the remainder of the world will see each names, following the identical method Apple used after Trump renamed the Gulf of Mexico because the Gulf of America.
The title adjustments illustrate how US tech corporations are being pulled into geopolitical disputes because the Trump administration pressures them to adjust to government orders that allies and worldwide our bodies have rejected.
Trump’s government order on Lake Ontario, one of many 5 Nice Lakes of North America, applies to US federal utilization for the lake, and doesn’t govern what Canada, worldwide our bodies or different organisations name the lake.
A majority of People oppose Trump’s strikes final week to lift taxes on imported Canadian items and his order to rename Lake Ontario as “Lake America”, a brand new Reuters/Ipsos ballot discovered.
Inside hours of Trump’s government order, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and New York Governor Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, mentioned they might not be altering the title, which is greater than 400 years previous. New York borders the lake on the US aspect.
About 52 per cent of the floor space of Lake Ontario is in Canada, with the rest in New York.
Since early 2025, Trump has repeatedly taunted Canada about turning into the 51st US state, an thought Canadian leaders have dismissed as ridiculous.
Trump additionally ordered the Gulf of Mexico renamed to the Gulf of America in January 2025, and each Google and Apple revised their map apps to mirror the change for US customers.
