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Lake Ontario or Lake America? For Google Maps, it depends
Summary by The Woodlands Editorial Desk · Byline on the source page: Nick.Viviani@fox.com (Nick Viviani) , as published by Fox 26 Houston
· August 30, 2026
· 1 min read
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Key takeaway Another mapping company has decided to stick with the traditional name, Lake Ontario.
Google Maps has been referring to a body of water in different ways, with some instances calling it Lake America instead of its traditional name. This variation in naming is not consistent across all mapping companies. Another mapping company has decided to stick with the traditional name, Lake Ontario.
The decision to use different names for the same body of water is not universal among mapping companies. Further details about this discrepancy are available from the source, which reports on the varying naming conventions used by different mapping companies.
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Published: August 30, 2026 ·
Source: Fox 26 Houston ·
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