Friday, August 28, 2026

Marilyn's Photos - Aug 28 2026 - Effective Immediately

 

I hadn't thought of how that would work - effective immediately.  So Lake Ontario is now Lake America on the other side of the border.  How immediate can that change be?  What are all the things that would change?  I guess there's a process/procedure in place after it was done to the Gulf of Mexico.  

The U.S. Department of Geographical Services has 30 days to update everything to reflect the new name. Federal agencies, electronic files and upcoming printed U.S. government maps must use "Lake America."  

There is not international recognition of a U.S. executive order.  So like the Gulf of Mexico, there will be varying versions of maps with the differing names.  For example, the Gulf of America shows up on U.S. user maps, etc.  What Google has done is put (Gulf of America) after Gulf of Mexico.  So I guess we'll get a double named lake out of the trade war.  It hasn't happened immediately on Google, as I still see the one name lake.  

We join the disputed dual name club - Sea of Japan - East Sea.  Or we can join the weird bodies of water names - B.C. has "Another Lake" and "And Another Lake" - that's my next suggestion.  Lake Erie can be renamed to "And Another Lake America."  And as Trump has declared that there needs to be an American Ocean - which one will be called "And Another American Ocean?"

Send that suggestion into the White House Suggestion Box.

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