While Canadian government officials have denounced Donald Trump\u2019s move to rename Lake Ontario, several Quebec official websites and agencies displayed the name \u201cLake America\u201d on their maps.<\/p>\n
Quebec 511, the Minist\u00e8re des Transports du Qu\u00e9bec\u2019s road and transportation information service, displayed the name \u201cLake America\u201d on its website Monday morning, which was changed to Lake Ontario by Monday afternoon. The Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 qu\u00e9b\u00e9coise du cannabis website had the same issue Monday morning.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis display originated from map data provided by Google Maps, whose services Qu\u00e9bec 511 uses for the geographic representation of the road network. Depending on the regional settings applied by this provider, certain geographic names may vary, and a recent adjustment made by Google explains the unusual display observed,\u201d Quebec\u2019s transport ministry wrote in a statement, asserting that the name displayed on the map did not impact the accuracy of the traffic information.<\/p>\n
The SQDC also fixed the naming issue on their website Monday. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt was caused by a vendor who was able to resolve the issue as soon as it was brought to their attention,\u201d a spokesperson for the company wrote in an email statement. <\/p>\n
The U.S. president signed an executive order on Thursday that Trump said renames the body of water between Ontario and New York \u201ceffective immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n
Over the weekend, multiple Quebec media outlets reported that the SAQ also displayed Lake America, which appeared to have been changed by Monday.<\/p>\n
Quebec Premier Christine Fr\u00e9chette called on Quebec agencies to remediate the name change on their websites.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am calling on the companies in question to present us with measures to correct this error \u2014 because, as far as I\u2019m concerned, it is an error. That lake is called Lake Ontario, and it will continue to be called Lake Ontario. And our computer systems will have to reflect that reality,\u201d she told reporters Monday at a campaign stop in St-Colomban.<\/p>\n
Prime Minister Mark Carney dismissed Trump\u2019s attempt to rename Lake Ontario, whose name comes from the Wendat word Ontari\u2019io, \u201cwhich, appropriately, means \u201cthe lake is beautiful, the lake is big,’\u201d Carney wrote in a post on X.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe name is more than 400 years old, predating both the Confederation of Canada and the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America. We know that America is changing. Their trading relationships, their foreign policies, their national monuments, their hydronyms. Canadians also know that naming reality means calling it Lake Ontario \u2014 then, now and always, \u201d Carney said.<\/p>\n
Google announced Saturday on its corporate blog that it has formally changed the name for \u201cLake Ontario\u201d to \u201cLake America\u201d in the United States.<\/p>\n
\u201cSince we update Google Maps to reflect name changes in official government sources, which is GNIS (Geographic Names Information System) for the U.S., people using Maps in the U.S. will see \u2018Lake America,\u2019 those in Canada will continue to see \u2018Lake Ontario,\u2019 and those outside of the U.S. and Canada will see both names,\u201d the tech company wrote in its news release.<\/p>\n
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