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Apple Maps still shows Lake Ontario as Google Maps changes name

9to5Mac • Mon, 31 Aug 2026

The latest development in the trade war Trump started with Canada is an executive order to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America. Google Maps has updated the name, though what you see depends on which country you are in, with only US users seeing Lake America. Apple Maps has so far stuck to the real name … more…

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The latest development in the trade war Trump started with Canada is an executive order to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America.

Google Maps has updated the name, though what you see depends on which country you are in, with only US users seeing Lake America.

Apple Maps has so far stuck to the real name … more…

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