Carney: 'Naming reality means calling it Lake Ontario'

Source: thehill.com · Section: politics · Bias: Center · Published: Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:50:55 GMT

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday rejected President Trump’s renaming of Lake Ontario to “Lake America,” explaining the history of the Great Lake’s indigenous name in a post on social media. “The name Lake Ontario comes from the Wendat word Ontari’io, which, appropriately, means ‘the lake is beautiful, the lake is big,’” Carney wrote...

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Left: Wisconsin politicians joke about Lake Michigan name change — thehill.com
Left: Canada’s Carney responds to Trump’s executive order renaming Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’ — www.nbcnews.com
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Center: Mark Carney Handles Trump’s ‘Lake America’ Order By Pointing Out What ‘Ontario’ Really Means — www.mediaite.com
Center: Dingell plans legislation to void Trump's Lake Ontario renaming — thehill.com
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