Lake Ontario
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Smallest and lowest in elevation of the Great Lakes.
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However, when asked for his thoughts on the new name, Canada's minister of AI Evan Solomon said: "Canadians are not enthusiastic, at all, about renaming things," in an apparent reference to Trump renaming Lake Ontario.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
“No one’s switching over to Lake America. Nobody is. No one’s saying that,” said Ryan Cohen, who manages Lake Ontario Mariners Marina in Henderson.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
Lake Ontario is "a shared responsibility" between the two countries and there should be mutual respect in how it is managed, he says.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
Canadian users of the two map services still will see the name Lake Ontario.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
The weather lady says it’s a lake-effect storm—the wind from Canada sucks up water from Lake Ontario, runs it through the freeze machine, and dumps it on Syracuse.
From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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