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Lake America update for September 11: AP and Port of Oswego Decline to Adopt Lake America Name
The Associated Press confirmed it will continue using Lake Ontario rather than the new Lake America moniker. Locally, the director of Oswego’s busy port stated the facility will not adopt the renamed title either. Meanwhile, online commentators continue to dissect the dispute, weighing in on media style decisions and tech platform responses.
What changed today
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.
- Misschien kan hij dat bewijzen door even lopend Lake America over te steken? 🤔@tonvanadrichem.bsky.socialSep 11, 4:40 AM ETOriginal
- C'est rigolo, beaucoup de gens sont tombés sur #Google dans son épisode sur le "Lac d'Amérique", mais il semble que pour #Apple ça passe. It's funny—a lot of people stumbled upon #Google in its episode on “Lake America,” but it seems like #Apple gets away with it.@maubon.comSep 11, 1:50 AM ETOriginal
- 🙋♂️ I was told AP's fallback position was to agree to use Lake America if going forward they were allowed to refer to Trump as POTUS POOPY PANTS I could be wrong 🤷♂️@therealdwoo.bsky.socialSep 11, 1:39 AM ETOriginal
- Literally nobody voted for Lake America.@blackcatfoxrabbit.bsky.socialSep 11, 1:29 AM ETOriginal
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.
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