On August 30, local time, US President Trump posted a map on social media platforms showing that Lake Ontario, located on the border between the US and Canada, is now marked as an “American Lake.” The US company Google said in a statement that Google Maps has changed the name of the lake to “American Lake” for US users to “reflect the executive order Trump recently signed to change the name of the lake.” According to information, the US President's executive order affects the US Geographic Names Information System, which sets standards for official US maps. It has no effect on Canadian naming conventions or how the lake is referred to in other parts of the world. Last year, Google Maps made similar changes to the Gulf of Mexico: after Trump signed an executive order to change the name of the waters to the “Gulf of America,” Google Maps marked it as the “Gulf of America.”

On August 30, local time, US President Trump posted a map on social media platforms showing that Lake Ontario, located on the border between the US and Canada, is now marked as an “American Lake.” The US company Google said in a statement that Google Maps has changed the name of the lake to “American Lake” for US users to “reflect the executive order Trump recently signed to change the name of the lake.” According to information, the US President's executive order affects the US Geographic Names Information System, which sets standards for official US maps. It has no effect on Canadian naming conventions or how the lake is referred to in other parts of the world. Last year, Google Maps made similar changes to the Gulf of Mexico: after Trump signed an executive order to change the name of the waters to the “Gulf of America,” Google Maps marked it as the “Gulf of America.”