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Comment on Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario as 'Lake America'

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Google, Apple, etc.: impose this renaming on Canadian maps at your own reputational risk. You will invite a backlash.

"Lake Ontario is more in Canada than in the United States, with Canada holding roughly 50% to 62% of the lake's surface area depending on the specific boundary line, and the U.S. holding about one-quarter to 50%." (Google summary)

Unless there's a third country controlling part of Lake Ontario that I don't know about, something is off with Google's math.

62+25 = 87%

At the other end, 62 + 50 is 112, so there's a range/depends on who you ask. 50 + 50 + 50 = 100 tho

For the Gulf of Mexico they changed it to "Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)" for Canadian traffic, I can't imagine they take the same approach for this.

Maybe try not electing lunatics first?

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