Dingell Moves to Block Trump's Lake Ontario Rename to Lake America
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Updated · CBS New York · Aug 28
Dingell Moves to Block Trump's Lake Ontario Rename to Lake America
3 articles · Updated · CBS New York · Aug 28
Summary
Next week, Rep. Debbie Dingell plans to introduce federal legislation requiring the United States to keep the historic name Lake Ontario, directly challenging President Donald Trump's renaming push.
Trump followed his earlier proposal with a Thursday executive order directing the Interior Department to change U.S. federal references, maps and communications to "Lake America."
Dingell said the measure would block what she called an "idiotic order," arguing the Great Lakes are a shared U.S.-Canada resource protected by both countries.
Lake Ontario's name dates back centuries from the Iroquoian word "oniatarí:io," and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canadians will call it Lake Ontario "then, now and always."