What’s in a name? Trump’s ‘Lake America’ threat raises questions about centuries of history | Page 906 | Unpublished
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Author: Alessia Simona Maratta
Publication Date: August 26, 2026 - 05:00

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What’s in a name? Trump’s ‘Lake America’ threat raises questions about centuries of history

August 26, 2026
Donald Trump is threatening to rename Lake Ontario, but a Great Lakes historian says the name carries centuries of Indigenous and regional history.


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