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Lake America update for September 9: Pushback and Parody Grow Over Lake Ontario Executive Order

Following an executive order renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America, pushback is mounting across media and politics. The Associated Press confirmed it will keep using the traditional name, while a Republican mayor and Senator Gillibrand joined efforts against the change. Meanwhile, the creators of South Park mocked the order and corporate compliance by jokingly rebranding their own show as South America.

By the Lake America Desk ·

What changed today

  1. Add your name to tell Google and Apple: Lake Ontario is NOT Lake America. Stop helping Trump make America a laughing stock! - actionnetwork.orgactionnetwork.orgSep 9, 1:06 AM ETOriginal
  2. South Park rebrands to ‘South America,’ mocking Trump over Lake Ontario executive order - MS NOWMS NOWSep 8, 7:26 PM ETOriginal
  3. Opinion: Reflections – Lake America? Please. - Franklin County Free PressFranklin County Free PressSep 8, 7:08 PM ETOriginal
  4. The Associated Press says it will still refer to Lake Ontario, not Lake America - CastanetCastanetSep 8, 6:57 PM ETOriginal
  5. The Associated Press says it will still refer to Lake Ontario, not Lake America - Toronto StarToronto StarSep 8, 6:54 PM ETOriginal
  6. South Park creators mock Trump's Lake Ontario rename and company compliance in mock statement - Fox NewsFox NewsSep 8, 6:00 PM ETOriginal

What people were saying

Public posts, not reporting. These are individual opinions collected from open feeds; we link to each original rather than paraphrasing it.

The standing context

Since Aug. 27, 2026, U.S. federal naming systems use “Lake America” for the lake long recorded as Lake Ontario. Canada has not adopted the change, so which name you see on a map depends on where you are. Background: what Lake America is, who calls it what right now and every dated update.

How this briefing was made: our daily sweep collects public news and discussion feeds about the name of this lake, and this page is assembled from exactly what it stored — 16 public items on this date. Nothing is scraped from a private feed, no quote is invented, and every line links to its original.

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