‘Lake America’? These Upstate New Yorkers Aren’t Letting Go of ‘Ontario.’ NYT > Top Stories By: Claire Fahy and Paul Lane 29 August 2026 at 03:41 President Trump on Thursday signed an order rechristening Lake Ontario as Lake America, but businesses around Niagara Falls say they won’t be changing their tune. © Cole Burston/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesFor some of the over two million New Yorkers who live along the shores of Lake Ontario, its new name seemed like an unworthy distraction.
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