Lake Ontario Renamed
Just a note for American users of Google Maps. As with the "Gulf of Mexico", "Lake Ontario" has been renamed. https://www.google.com/maps/@43.4681432,-77.9436742,8.5z?authuser=0&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDgyNi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
Lake of many names.
Tech-companies are starting to fall in line with Trumps latest name change -- Lake Ontario is now Lake America, at least if you are in the USA. No change for the rest of the world. This follow the previous change of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, then also that mountain in Alaska that reverted back to Mount McKinley instead of being Denali.
The U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) has formally changed the name for "Lake Ontario" to "Lake America" in the United States. Since we update Google Maps to reflect name changes in official government sources, which is GNIS for the U.S., people using Maps in the U.S. will see "Lake America," those in Canada will continue to see "Lake Ontario," and those outside of the U.S. and Canada will see both names. These updates follow our long-standing policy for bodies of water with names that vary from country to country, and are starting to roll out now.
Google was first to cave. Referring to GNIS. Not sure why the rest of the world will see Lake America. Nobody outside the USA or the Trump circle will ever use it. Beyond as the source of a joke. Google was also first to cave in on the Gulf name change.
Apple have not updated the name change yet and has no comment. There it is still Lake Ontario.
Mapquest have stated that they will not change the name and are sticking with Lake Ontario. No matter what President Trump likes to call it.
So is this what they teach in US schools now in geography? Or doesn't nobody care what the mad king does ...
https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/maps/gnis-lake-ontario-lake-america-name-change/
https://www.axios.com/2026/08/30/lake-america-lake-ontario-maps-trump
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 06, @05:58PM (8 children)
Is that proper English? If I say no, does that mean "nobody cares" or "nobody doesn't care"?
(Score: 4, Informative) by mrpg on Sunday September 06, @06:35PM (4 children)
Right, here the problem is the double negation, it is informal, you wouldn't expect that in a newspaper.
(Score: 3, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 06, @06:40PM (3 children)
Certainly not in one supervised by humans.
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Sunday September 06, @07:34PM (1 child)
Yes; this phrase is odd (oddly AI):
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. I have always been here. ---Gaaark 2.0 --
(Score: 3, Informative) by looorg on Sunday September 06, @08:09PM
Damn. AI have stolen my wonky word structure ... That said no that wasn't AI. It was just me.
(Score: 2) by driverless on Monday September 07, @06:16AM
Or at least not one where the staff aren't addressed as "y'all".
And even then it's "don't nobody care".
(Score: 3, Insightful) by looorg on Sunday September 06, @06:40PM
Well I just blame it on the editors.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 06, @07:46PM
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 06, @11:51PM
You must be fun at parties.
(Score: 5, Informative) by Thexalon on Sunday September 06, @06:04PM (8 children)
OpenStreetMap is still calling it Lake Ontario. And as far as I can tell, hasn't changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico either.
"Think of how stupid the average person is. Then realize half of 'em are stupider than that." - George Carlin
(Score: 5, Funny) by turgid on Sunday September 06, @06:12PM (3 children)
Just wait and see, Washington DC is next on the list. It's going to be Trumpsville or Donaldgrad.
I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].
(Score: 4, Touché) by BsAtHome on Sunday September 06, @08:12PM (2 children)
I think the whole continent has already been renamed and is known in the rest of the world as Monkeyville.
(Score: 2, Troll) by aafcac on Monday September 07, @05:49AM
To be fair, it's just a matter of time before Trump demands that all of Africa be renamed Monkey Island.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 07, @09:17AM
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 06, @06:41PM (1 child)
Here in Buffalo, NY, next to Canada, the local media (broadcast & print/online) have noted the edict from Trump, and then proceeded to ignore it. Yesterday, the Buffalo News ran a full page scenic picture captioned, "Lake Ontario waterfront", not the slightest mention of a name change for the lake.
Also noted in the newspaper, the name Lake Ontario appears to be about 400 years old. The Canadian Province of Ontario is much younger (150 years??) and named after the lake, thus changing the name of the lake isn't any sort of dig at Canada.
For me, the Great Lakes are remembered as HOMES.
According to the Collins online dictionary "HAMES" is informal,
> to spoil through clumsiness or ineptitude
Yet another Trump fail.
(Score: 4, Informative) by gawdonblue on Sunday September 06, @09:18PM
My understanding is that the President has the right to make Executive Orders for any departments that report to him, such as the Dept of the Interior, but cannot make a law, including ones that would enforce such a name change on the country - only Congress can do that.
But each state also can make equivalent "orders" that apply within their borders, and NY has done that with regard to keeping the old name.
So in Buffalo, or any other part of New York USA, "Lake Ontario" is correct.
You probably need to check with a Canadian [youtube.com] to confirm how these things work in the USA.
(Score: 3, Informative) by https on Sunday September 06, @07:44PM
They've come up with a halfways reasonable solution:
https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/lake-ontario-lake-america/146975 [openstreetmap.org]
Not funny. Where's the joke.
(Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 06, @08:04PM
Just like everything else they do, it's an open sore that keeps on giving to the Culture Warriors of America. Every single thing is just unfinished mess for Dear Leader to boldly jump into with a stupid tweet and rile the idiots up.
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Sunday September 06, @06:36PM (4 children)
Why those and not this?
https://www.google.com/maps/@26.6606532,56.1821368,159000m [google.com]
🌻🌻🌻🌻✌️ [google.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 06, @06:45PM (3 children)
Let me guess, you're expecting Hormuz ==> Hegseth /sarc
(Score: 4, Informative) by JoeMerchant on Sunday September 06, @06:55PM (1 child)
Whatever...
https://time.com/article/2026/09/02/trump-suggests-renaming-strait-of-hormuz-after-himself-iran-war/ [time.com]
🌻🌻🌻🌻✌️ [google.com]
(Score: 2) by SomeGuy on Monday September 07, @01:42PM
Nice, so I'll be able to keep calling it the "Straight of Big Schmooze" (sic) and still be right.
(Score: 2) by gnuman on Monday September 07, @10:15AM
I read this as "Hormuz ==> Hegseth sack", which in light of his obsession with the latter, is probably appropriate.
(Score: 5, Touché) by SomeGuy on Sunday September 06, @07:26PM (2 children)
Instead of:
Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior
HOMES
We now have:
Superior, Huron, America, Michigan, Erie
SHAME
How FUCKING fitting....
(BTW, Mapquest? No surprise there. They haven't updated anything since the 1990s :P )
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Monday September 07, @01:17AM
>Superior, Huron, America, Michigan, Erie
SHAME
Do you think that's a coincidence? The Oompa Loompas don't write their own songs, after all...
🌻🌻🌻🌻✌️ [google.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 07, @02:14PM
Also noted in an earlier reply:
(Score: 3, Informative) by epitaxial on Sunday September 06, @08:47PM (1 child)
As always it's about the grift. He's found a new way to milk the mush headed MAGA idiots for more cash. https://www.newsweek.com/trump-lake-america-hat-12403883 [newsweek.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 07, @12:51AM
And mass media, they can't stop talking about it It's even on our front page right here, along with me taking time to pontificate. Let's just enjoy the show.
(Score: 2, Troll) by RedGreen on Monday September 07, @12:44AM (3 children)
Yep the moron Rapist in Chief wants to rename New Mexico now according to the by now over fifty postings on his Lie Social made today. He has nothing better to do than to shit post all day and night while your country goes to hell, enjoy all the winning.
"Cervantes definitely was prescient in describing a senile Don fighting against windmills." -- larryjoe on /.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 07, @12:58AM (2 children)
"He" doesn't post anything. He has people for that.
Anyway, he's the shock jock prez. Howard Stern is the guy that made him famous.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 07, @05:27AM
> Howard Stern is the guy that made him famous.
Maybe. I watched a few of those shows when Trump was a guest and my memory is that Howard mostly made jokes about Trump, which all wooooshed right over Trump's head. And Trump kept coming back for more abuse.
For me, those shows made it clear that Trump is a buffoon, but maybe that is orthogonal to famous?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 07, @03:05PM
Trump was pretty rich at the time but he would call up and fight with literal retards and crackheads. Think about that.
(Score: 1) by Runaway1956 on Monday September 07, @01:54AM (17 children)
I've defended Donald from some of the insane claims from the left. But, I wish he weren't such a petty little turd. It's the Gulf of Mexico, and Lake Ontario. An, California, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas all retain their Spanish names. I'm not changing anything to suit the big dummy. The Persian Gulf we can negotiate on, everything here in America stays the same as I learned it as a kid.
And Pluto is still the 9th planet. They're going to need something dramatic to make me change my mind.
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(Score: 4, Touché) by epitaxial on Monday September 07, @04:29AM (1 child)
You voted for it. Don't want to hear any complaints.
(Score: 2, Touché) by Runaway1956 on Monday September 07, @12:45PM
I've posted my voting record on Soylent. I have never voted for Trump. I have the right to complain no matter who I voted for, and I don't care what you want to hear.
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(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 07, @05:56AM (14 children)
Why?
What about the Straits of Gibraltar, the Bosphorus Strait, the Irish Sea, the Japanese Sea, the Philippines Sea, the Gulf of California, the Gulf of Finland, the Indian Ocean, and many, many others? Why do they need 'negotiating'. Are they places that Americans feel sensitive about or places that Americans are not taught about in Geography?
You are only 1 country - and you have 1 vote. You used your vote.
(Score: 1) by Runaway1956 on Monday September 07, @12:49PM (13 children)
Well, if you're gonna whine about them, before we even talk about taking them, maybe we will take all of those and more. But, we'll probably not fuck with the Irish Sea. The Irish are currently rising up against the invasion of Islam. I expect to see the Irish putting Muslims and their own politicians to the sword very soon. I can respect the crazy Irish.
Americans? Feel sensitive? You're referring to libruls. Sure, they have a lot of sensitivities, but no one takes them seriously.
You're right, I used my vote. So . . . who DID I vote for? You're another chucklehead who thinks that I VOTED for Trump?
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(Score: 2) by turgid on Wednesday September 09, @12:40PM
The Irish are currently rising up against the invasion of Islam.
There's no such thing [wikipedia.org] as "the invasion of Islam." Stop talking nonsense. Engage your brain. Do some research.
I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].
(Score: 2, Insightful) by janrinok on Wednesday September 09, @02:00PM (10 children)
Despite your own belief in your self-importance, you are not a country. Please read, and hopefully comprehend, the comments that you are replying to.
(Score: 1) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday September 09, @08:46PM (9 children)
Funny thing about that . . . half or more of the world depended on handouts from the US for decades. They never complained abour our vote when they were taking our money. Get serious. We've BOUGHT half the votes in the world.
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(Score: 2, Insightful) by janrinok on Thursday September 10, @07:16AM (8 children)
Thanks for admitting it. Look up democracy in the dictionary - buying votes doesn't get mentioned.
(Score: 1) by Runaway1956 on Thursday September 10, @11:37AM (7 children)
Uh-huh. Zelensky got pretty butt hurt when he was told we aren't buying his vote any longer though. He was such a cute little lapdog, running to Trump in Washington. When he was told "No more treats", he turned into a vicious little cur. It's also fun to count all of our allies in the Persian Gulf Coalition. Don't mind me though, I'm just another "far right" dummy.
Meanwhile, my "far right" counterparts in Europe are making tremendous inroads into the inbred politics of the European Sultanate. It's possible that Europeans will one day be our allies again.
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(Score: 2) by janrinok on Thursday September 10, @02:09PM (6 children)
The USA was one of the guarantors of Ukraine's freedom and independence when it gave up its nuclear weapons. He was probably 'butt hurt' when the Trump reneged on that promise and, even worse, fell in line with Putin's wishes. The UK is standing by the Budapest Agreement and continuing its support as promised.
Talking of lapdogs, how are Putin and Trump getting along?
(Score: 1) by Runaway1956 on Friday September 11, @12:37PM (5 children)
The US certainly wasn't a guarantor that Ukraine would be free to genocide segments of it's own population that some other Ukrainians didn't like. This story is a helluva lot more complex than bobbleheads would make it out to be. The Minsk agreements? Oh, I forgot, the Minsk agreements only mean what the people you agree with say they meant. As I've often said about Israel and so-called Palestine, 'There ain't no good guys' in either the Levant, or the Ukraine conflict.
And, no matter who guaranteed what, Trump drilled to the bottom of the problem. America isn't going to fund all of Europe's wars. None of the navies or air forces in Europe has sent so much as a dinghy to Iran. You have stood silent when Iran executeds 35,000, or 50,000, or whatever the real numbers actually are.
A friend in need, is a friend indeed. It's time you understood that not everything you want from us is a "need".
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(Score: 2) by janrinok on Friday September 11, @02:15PM (4 children)
The war was a US/Israeli operation. NATO was not consulted and was not asked to contribute until the problems started. The Straits of Hormuz were open until the war commenced.
European air and ground forces have provided air defence in the region, and missile defence of Joint Operating Sites.
Your own CIA has reported that there wasn't an imminent threat when the war started. There is now - well done!
Don't start wars that you cannot finish, let alone not win.
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Runaway1956 on Friday September 11, @03:26PM (3 children)
Rationalizations are wonderful. No mention there of ongoing nuclear weapons research in Iran. Unlike Iraq, there is verifiable evidence that Iran pursues nuclear weapons, as well as Iran's own statements of intent. Wouldn't it be just WONDERFUL if a religious zealot government had nukes to enforce their insane dictates, not only in the region, but globally? That's Okay though, we don't need your dinghies. FFS, the UK doesn't even have ships to send to the Falklands this time around.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/embarrassing-mp-slams-royal-navy-s-inability-to-deploy-a-single-ship-swiftly-amid-iran-war-ceasefire/ar-AA20usYh [msn.com]
https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/snapshot-of-the-status-of-the-british-fleet/ [ukdefencejournal.org.uk]
https://www.defensemagazine.com/article/from-rule-of-the-waves-to-reliance-on-allies-the-royal-navys-inability-to-escort-its-carriers-exposed [defensemagazine.com]
https://www.thedefensenews.com/UK-Left-Without-Active-Attack-Submarines-as-Entire-Astute-Class-Fleet-Remains-Stuck-in-Port/ [thedefensenews.com]
https://caliber.az/en/post/uk-unable-to-deploy-prince-of-wales-carrier-without-nato-support [caliber.az]
How the mighty have fallen.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 11, @04:07PM (2 children)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 11, @08:18PM (1 child)
Research is one thing. The production of weapons grade fissionable matierals is quite another thing.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 12, @05:46AM
They still have the enriched uranium. And if you think the US is going to continue to bomb every possible research site then you have, yet again, another never-ending middle east war. What did you president promise?
(Score: 2) by turgid on Wednesday September 09, @05:47PM
By the way, that level of ignorance leads to this sort of thing [theguardian.com].
And this [sky.com].
I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].
(Score: 1, Interesting) by DadaDoofy on Monday September 07, @03:50PM (6 children)
"Or doesn't nobody care what the mad king does"
I remember getting an e-mail from janrinok that said my article about vaccines would not be accepted because it was "political in nature". Apparently, full-blown TDS doesn't qualify as political here?
"The U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) has formally changed the name for "Lake Ontario" to "Lake America" in the United States."
Yes, and that's why Google changed the name. Not because they "caved". Funny, I don't remember any articles here about "caving" when the democrats went about renaming anything that reminded them of the civil war the republicans had to fight against them to make them free their slaves.
(Score: 0, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 07, @06:23PM (2 children)
You really like lying, don't you?
How Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Sears Took Down the Confederate Flag [soylentnews.org]
NASCAR Bans Confederate Flag From its Races and Properties [soylentnews.org]
Activist Cuts Down Confederate Flag from SC Statehouse [soylentnews.org]
University of Texas' Confederate Statues Relocated [soylentnews.org]
Charleston, SC [soylentnews.org]
New Orléans Dismantles Monuments to Failed Coup and Civil War Figures [soylentnews.org]
DC to Host ‘White Civil Rights’ Rally One Year After Charlottesville — Outside the White House [soylentnews.org]
You've been on this bad faith crusade for a long time, frequently accusing the editors of bias when the source material criticizes Elon Musk, Tesla, Flock, Donald Trump, or other right-wing heroes. It's becoming so repetitive that I seriously considered giving you a spam mod. I gave you a troll mod because of the obvious bad faith and the factually incorrect complaint about staff. But the next time I see you post something like this, I probably will mod you spam instead of troll due to the repetitive nature of your bad faith comments.
Grow up.
(Score: 2) by DadaDoofy on Tuesday September 08, @03:19PM (1 child)
Thank you for taking the time to gather all the documentation in support of my claim.
As I said, not a single one of those stories characterized the actions described as "caving" to the far-left. Instead, they are presented with a tone of moral superiority, as would be expected from the lefty editorial staff here, who are all heavily invested in the tired old narrative that President Trump and his supporters are the "real racists".
It's ironic that you accuse me of lying. The truth is, all the statues, flags and other symbols that were removed and destroyed by the left in the name of racial justice, were in fact all creations of racist southern democrats in the states that made up the confederacy. Yes, the very same democrats who called it a "war of northern aggression".
(Score: 0, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 09, @04:45AM
The majority of the stories either adopted a neutral tone or simply quoted source material. Basically, you're bitching that the editors didn't add a specific bias that you want and explicitly describe the actions in those stories as '"caving" to the far-left'.
If you really believe the editors have a responsibility to introduce bias on your behalf, then stop bitching and volunteer to become an editor. Grow some stones and volunteer to become an editor instead of taking cheap shots at the staff because they won't do what you believe they ought to.
And this is little more than a bad faith attempt at trolling and starting an argument about partisan politics. Anyone who knows about US history knows that the parties are ideological and geographic coalitions that have shifted many times during the nation's history and continue to do so to this day. That makes your commentary about partisan politics and example of spectacularly bad faith, even for someone like you who has a long history of posting in bad faith.
(Score: 3, Informative) by janrinok on Monday September 07, @07:39PM
I ceased to be the Editor-in-Chief a long time ago. This story was posted by the current Editor-in-Chief, however it was written and submitted by another community member. Different people have different views.
You did not receive an email from me, you probably received an Admin-to-User message which is automatically sent if a submission is rejected and we wish to provide feedback. Without knowing which of your submissions it was I cannot say in what way it did not meet the submission guidelines [soylentnews.org].
(Score: 2) by looorg on Monday September 07, @10:00PM
I stand by my submission. They could have edited it if they wanted to. In this case I think it's kind of obvious that this is kind of petty and small to keep changing the name of things, possibly as a distraction for other larger problems. The President have started a trade dispute with Canada that is apparently not going great, his response to it is to change the name of a lake that both countries share. To show what? Is this a proper solution to the trade dispute with Canada? Clearly it's not working out great so far. I assume Mexico isn't thrilled about the whole gulf thing either.
They didn't have to change the name if they didn't want to. That other company, albeit a lot smaller then Google -- possibly almost irrelevant by comparison, did not change it. So they chose to follow GNIS. They did not have to. Apple followed to, but it took quite a few more days. They had not done the change when I made the submission. Personally I don't care what they call it in America, I just don't see why the rest of the world should have to take part in the idiocy. After all it's not a name anyone outside of the USA is ever going to use. None of his name changes matter beyond the US border. I doubt they matter all that much inside the borders either. More then as the source of many many jokes. I assume that whomever comes next, if they are not one of his acolytes, they are just going cancel or rescind these orders.
Also you are clearly taking this way to serious. See the funny joke in it. The man that is supposed to be the leader of the free world, the president of America etc sits around changing names of things out of nothing but petty reasons. I'm almost surprised, not really, that he hasn't changed the name of the country yet. But apparently New Mexico might be his next target ...
(Score: 3, Funny) by turgid on Wednesday September 09, @08:54AM
You'll love this [bbc.co.uk], then. Is this wokemaxxing or something?
I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].