苹果地图按美国行政令将 Lake Ontario 对美国用户显示为 Lake America，MapQuest 因拒改名冲上应用榜

Apple ( AAPL ) has changed the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America in its Maps app for U.S. users, following U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order last week to rename the body of water separating New York from Canada. "The United States is the greatest protector of the Great Lakes, including the body of water currently known as Lake Ontario," the order reads. "Without the security and investment provided by the United States, this freshwater system would not be open for shipping, recreation, and responsible use to the same extent as it is today … The United States has invested nearly $4 billion in protecting the Great Lakes freshwater ecosystem in the last decade, while Canada has invested far less in similar initiatives over the same period." The order was issued following a series of tariffs and counter-tariffs between Trump and the Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. Trump had imposed 50% tariffs on Canadian products under a previously unused provision of the 1930 Tariff Act. The retaliatory levies announced by Canada will affect about $20B of annual U.S. imports, roughly matching the value of the tariffs imposed by Trump. Canada-based users of Apple Maps still see Lake Ontario. Google ( GOOG )( GOOGL ) has also changed the name of the Great Lake to Lake America for its U.S.-based users. This is similar to Trump's declaration last year to change the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. Google and Apple both adjusted their map apps then as well. However, MapQuest, which first launched its website for digital maps and printable trip directions back in 1996, refused to change the lake's name. As a result, it currently ranks as the No. 1 free download in Apple's App Store, ahead of OpenAI's ( OPENAI ) ChatGPT, Vinted, TikTok ( BDNCE ), ESPN Fantasy Sports ( DIS ), Anthropic's ( ANTHRO ) Claude and Google's Gemini. Canada has erected a new sign at the lake that reads: Lake Ontario. Now and Always. Trump's executive order directed the Secretary of the Interior to remove all references to Lake Ontario from the Geographic Names Information System within 30 days. All federal references to Lake Ontario, including on executive department and agency maps, contracts, and other documents and communications, must also be changed. Dear readers: We recognize that politics often intersects with the financial news of the day, so we invite you to click here to join the separate political discussion.