World’s Most Powerful Person Does a Stupid Thing About a Lake ⇥ cbc.ca

An un-bylined Canadian Press report:

U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to change the name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America” as tensions with Canada worsen.

Elect stupid people and get stupid policies. This report contains a good explanation of the name’s history, and also has a deliciously petty map illustrating where the border is drawn.

Like the moronic Gulf of Mexico relabelling, expect digital mapping companies like Apple and Google to fall in line. MapQuest, a holdout on that change, also says it will keep the correct name. I still think maps should reflect government names regardless of whether they were assigned by a thumb elected by the world’s least responsible country, but I sympathize with MapQuest’s stance.