India, Aug. 28 -- Amidst an ongoing trade war with Canada, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to rename "Lake Ontario," the waters bounded by the United States, as "Lake America."
Trump ordered the Secretary of the Interior, in concurrence with the Board on Geographic Names, to update the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) to reflect the renaming of the Lake and remove all references to Lake Ontario from the GNIS within 30 days.
The Board on Geographic Names has been directed to provide guidance to ensure all Federal Government references to Lake Ontario, including on executive department and agency maps, contracts, and other documents and communications, to reflect its renaming.
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