Lake Ontario, National Weather Service
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The federal government is implementing the name change following an executive order signed by President Donald Trump on Aug. 27. The order directed the Interior Department and U.S. Board on Geographic Names to take steps to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America within 30 days and update federal geographic naming systems.
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