Historians say the lake’s name was first used by Europeans in the 1600s, and the name first appeared on maps of North America as early as the 1660s.

President Donald Trump proposed renaming Lake Ontario ‘Lake America’ Tuesday.

President Donald Trump says he is considering changing the name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America” as the trade war between the United States and Canada intensifies.

Ontario’s premier had earlier slammed Trump as a ‘dictator’ and ‘the king of bankruptcies’

Ontario is Canada’s most populous province and is home to the country’s auto industry.

Since trade talks between the two nations collapsed last weekend, the president has feuded with Ontario Premier Doug Ford.

Donald Trump is considering renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America amid trade tensions. This symbolic move escalates the ongoing economic dispute between the United States and…