2026-08-30T18:13:14.214Z / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
作者：洛根·斯基恰诺、朱莉娅·本布鲁克
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发布于 2026年8月30日，美国东部时间下午2:13
科技巨头 唐纳德·特朗普
2026年8月27日，从安大略省多伦多市远眺安大略湖的帆船。美国总统唐纳德·特朗普宣布将安大略湖更名为“美利坚湖”。
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自本周末起，在美国境内搜索“安大略湖”的用户已无法在谷歌地图上找到该名称。
此前特朗普总统于周四签署行政令，要求美国政府在对加紧张贸易战期间调整该湖泊的官方称谓，此后美国用户在谷歌地图上将看到这座五大湖中面积最小的湖泊被标注为“美利坚湖”。
谷歌周六在一份声明中表示：“美国地名信息系统（GNIS）已正式将美国境内的‘安大略湖’更名为‘美利坚湖’。由于我们会根据美国官方来源——即美国地名信息系统——的名称变更更新谷歌地图，因此美国境内的地图用户将看到‘美利坚湖’，而加拿大用户仍将看到‘安大略湖’。”
该公司补充道，美国和加拿大以外的用户将看到该湖泊的两种名称，“安大略湖”后会以括号形式标注“美利坚湖”。
谷歌表示，此次更名遵循了其“针对国与国之间名称存在差异的水体的长期命名政策”。
周日，特朗普政府官员在社交媒体上庆祝这一更名，白宫通讯主任史蒂文·钟写道：“正式生效！谷歌地图上的‘美利坚湖’。”
通过美国总统唐纳德·特朗普签署的行政令，安大略湖现已在卫星视图中被更名为“美利坚湖”。
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特朗普本人也转发了一篇关于此次更名的报道链接。
根据20世纪初制定的《边界水域条约》，安大略湖由加拿大和美国共同管理，旨在预防和解决共享水域使用相关的争端。
尽管特朗普在美国政府对地理地标称谓方面拥有广泛裁量权，但他无法强迫其他国家效仿这一更名举措。
加拿大官员已明确表明了这一立场。
该国总理马克·卡尼表示，加拿大将“永远”称这座横跨两国边境的湖泊为安大略湖。
周六，安大略省省长道格·福特采取了更为强硬的对抗姿态，在该湖加拿大一侧揭幕了一块标牌，上面以大号字体标注“安大略湖”，下方配有“现在与永远”字样。
随后他发布了一段相关社交媒体视频，站在标牌前说道：“我们要明确一点：早在特朗普总统上任之前，这片湖就叫安大略湖。即便特朗普总统卸任之后，它也依然会被称为安大略湖。”
此次行政令是特朗普最新一次的地理名称重塑行动。2024年1月他重返白宫的首日，就曾推动将“墨西哥湾”更名为“美洲湾”。谷歌当时也发布了类似声明，表示将遵守这一更名要求。
截至周日下午，包括Waze和苹果地图在内的谷歌地图替代应用仍将该湖泊标注为“安大略湖”。MapQuest则在周四的社交媒体帖子中迅速告知用户：“我们不会更改名称。”
Google Maps changes Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’ in US searches
2026-08-30T18:13:14.214Z / CNN
By Logan Schiciano, Julia Benbrook
49 min ago
PUBLISHED Aug 30, 2026, 2:13 PM ET
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A sailboat is seen in the distance on Lake Ontario, from Toronto, Ontario, on August 27. US President Donald Trump announced that he is renaming Lake Ontario to “Lake America.”
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Anyone in the United States searching for Lake Ontario on Google Maps can no longer find it as of this weekend.
Users in the country will now see the smallest of the Great Lakes identified as “Lake America” on that site, following President Donald Trump’s executive order on Thursday mandating the change in how the US government refers to the lake amid his tense trade war with Canada.
“The U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) has formally changed the name for “Lake Ontario” to “Lake America” in the United States,” Google said in a statement on Saturday. “Since we update Google Maps to reflect name changes in official government sources, which is GNIS for the U.S., people using Maps in the U.S. will see “Lake America,” those in Canada will continue to see “Lake Ontario.”
The company added that users not in the US or Canada will see the name for the lake appear both ways, with “Lake America” appearing in parentheses after “Lake Ontario.”
Google said the changes follow their “long-standing policy for bodies of water with names that vary from country to country.”
On Sunday, Trump administration officials celebrated the change on social media, with White House Communications Director Steven Chueng writing, “It’s official! LAKE AMERICA on Google Maps.”
A satellite view of the Lake Ontario now changed to Lake America through an executive order signed by US President Donald Trump.
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Trump posted a link to an article about the change.
Lake Ontario is jointly controlled by Canada and the United States, per the Boundary Waters Treaty, enacted in the early 20th century to prevent and settle disputes over the use of the shared waters.
While Trump has wide latitude over how the US government refers to geographic landmarks, he can’t force other countries to follow suit.
Canadian officials have made that clear.
The country’s prime minister, Mark Carney, has said his country would “forever” call the lake that straddles both nations’ borders Lake Ontario.
On Saturday, Ontario Premier Doug Ford took the defiant stance further by unveiling a sign on the Canadian side of the lake with “Lake Ontario” in large font, followed by “Now and Always.”
He then posted a social media video about it, standing in front of the sign while saying, “Let’s be clear: Long before President Trump, this lake was called Lake Ontario. And long after President Trump is gone, it will still be called lake Ontario.”
Trump’s order marks his latest geographic rebrand. The president moved to change “Gulf of Mexico” to “Gulf of America” on his first day back in office in January 2024. Google followed by issuing a similar statement, saying at the time it complied with that name change.
Alternatives to Google Maps, including Waze and Apple Maps, still label the lake as “Lake Ontario” as of Sunday afternoon. MapQuest quickly informed its users in a Thursday social media post: “We’re not changing it.”
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