Canada claps back at Trump's efforts to rename Lake Ontario as 'Lake America'

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has unveiled a giant billboard reading: "Lake Ontario — Now and Always." But tech giant Google has said it is renaming the lake for U.S. users, as President Trump demanded.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4969x3313+0+0/resize/4969x3313!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F7c%2Fd3%2F34edc3ed470abb1249553419ff38%2Fap26241611483319.jpg' alt='Ontario Premier Doug Ford, right, and Niagara West Member of Provincial Parliament Sam Oosterhoff unveil a sign for Lake Ontario at the Fifty Point Conservation Area in Grimsby, Ontario, Canada, on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (Keito Newman/The Canadian Press via AP)'/><p>Ontario Premier Doug Ford has unveiled a giant billboard reading: "Lake Ontario — Now and Always." But tech giant Google has said it is renaming the lake for U.S. users, as President Trump demanded.</p><p>(Image credit: Keito Newman/The Canadian Press)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5949254' />