‘Lake America’? Who is responsible for naming geographic places?

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Trump proposes renaming Lake Ontario 'Lake America' amid feud with Canada

Trump proposes renaming Lake Ontario 'Lake America' amid feud with Canada

(NewsNation) — Amid an escalating trade dispute with Canada, President Trump has suggested that he could rename Lake Ontario to “Lake America.”

It isn’t the first time the president has decided to change a body of water to reflect his personal priorities and disputes with other countries. On the first day of his second term, Trump signed an order renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America.”

But who actually determines the names for geographic features?

The job falls to the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN), an organization created in 1890 and codified........

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