Tech giant says name to remain Lake Ontario for Canadian users, change reflects decision by US government agency.

Tech giant says move follows 'long-standing policy for bodies of water with names that vary from country to country'

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Google Maps has renamed Lake Ontario as Lake America days after President Trump signed an executive order calling for the change last week amid a U.S. trade war with Canada.

Company says U.S. Geographic Names Information System spurred change in America, and that Canadians users would continue to see Lake Ontario on their maps

‘So basically they’ll allow any POTUS exec order to rename stuff,’ one user wrote. ‘No reason he doesn’t just start renaming things after his friends’

After Donald Trump’s executive order demanding the name change, Google is the first major online maps provider to flip the switch.

The company made the same change to the Gulf of Mexico last year.

U.S. president signed an executive order officially changing the name of the international body of water on Thursday

People in Canada will still see Lake Ontario, the Indigenous-rooted name used for the lake since the 17th century, on their devices and computers, the US-based tech giant said.

Users in Canada will continue to see the body of water labeled as Lake Ontario, while the rest of the world will see both names displayed.