"Lake Ontario, Now and Always": Canada Installs Giant Sign in Pushback Against Trump's Renaming

In response to U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order demanding that Lake Ontario, which lies between the United States and Canada, be renamed "Lake America," the Canadian province of Ontario has installed a massive sign reading "Lake Ontario" along the lakeshore.

According to the Associated Press on the local date of the 29th, Doug Ford, Premier of Ontario, unveiled the sign bearing the inscription "Lake Ontario. Now and Always" by the lake that day.

Measuring 24 feet (7.3 meters) wide and 12 feet (3.6 meters) tall, the sign was erected on supports 6 feet (1.8 meters) high.

Its peak reaches roughly the height of a two-story building.

In a video posted on social media, Premier Ford said, "Long after President Trump leaves the White House, this place will still be called Lake Ontario."

The naming controversy flared up amid worsening relations between the United States and Canada over tariff issues.

President Trump took provocative action seemingly intended to provoke Canada by changing the lake's name, prompting mocking and backlash in Canada.

Earlier, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney also dismissed the demand for a name change, stating that the name Lake Ontario predates both the birth of the Canadian Confederation and the U.S. Declaration of Independence.

(Photo: AP, Yonhap News)
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