US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum conveyed President Donald Trump's request to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America to Apple.
Speaking on a television program, Burgum said he had conveyed Trump's request directly to Apple. Burgum said the notice regarding the name change had been sent to all map providers and that the new name was expected to appear soon in Apple's Maps app.
Google uses different names in the United States and Canada
Google updated the lake's name to Lake America for users in the United States on its Maps app. The company continued to use the name Lake Ontario for users in Canada.
Order signed on August 27
Trump signed an executive order on August 27 renaming Lake Ontario, which lies along the Canadian border where trade tensions have risen, as Lake America.