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“Refusing to rename Ontario Lake as ‘American Lake’ has made an old app popular”

2026-09-03 08:00 Products & Apps 🔥 37.5 heat score
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An established app became popular for opposing the renaming of Lake Ontario as “American Lake”, attracting public attention. The app emphasized that geographical names should be respected in their original forms to avoid cultural misunderstandings, and related controversies spread widely on social media.

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American LakeApple MapsGoogle MapsMapQuestOntario LakeSensor TowerSystem1

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American Lake × Apple M…1American Lake × Google …1American Lake × MapQuest1American Lake × Ontario…1American Lake × Sensor …1Apple Maps × Google Maps1

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凤凰网·科技 zh 2026-09-03 08:00

Rejecting the idea of turning Lake Ontario into an "American Lake," a long-established app goes viral

# An established app became popular for refusing to rename Ontario Lake as “Lake America” On September 3rd, according to TechCrunch, the established map app MapQuest became popular for refusing to rename Ontario Lake as “Lake America”. Its downloads and ranking quickly increased, and it now ranks first on the list of all apps and games in the US App Store. On August 27th, U.S. President Trump signed an executive order requiring the U.S. geographic naming agency to use the new name “Lake America”. Subsequently, Google Maps and Apple Maps also made adjustments, while MapQuest publicly stated that it would not change the name of Ontario Lake. This decision received support from some US users. Data from Sensor Tower shows that MapQuest’s ranking on the US App Store rose from 128th on August 28th to 92nd on August 29th. On August 31st, it entered third place in the overall rankings and became the top navigation app. By September 1st, the app further rose to first place on the overall list of the US App Store. Since the executive order was issued, Sensor …