The funniest part about calling Lake Ontario “Lake America” is that Canada didn’t even name the damn thing.
The name Ontario comes from an Indigenous/Iroquoian name that predates both the United States and Canada by centuries. In fact, the province of Ontario was named after the lake, not the other way around.
So we’re essentially renaming an Indigenous-named international lake because we’re mad at Canada, despite Canada having nothing to do with its original name.
That’s some truly impressive historical illiteracy. “Lake America” sounds less like a geographical renaming and more like a toddler putting their name on someone else’s toy because they’re pissed off at them.
The funniest part about calling Lake Ontario “Lake America” is that Canada didn’t even name the damn thing.
The name Ontario comes from an Indigenous/Iroquoian name that predates both the United States and Canada by centuries. In fact, the province of Ontario was named after the lake, not the other way around.
So we’re essentially renaming an Indigenous-named international lake because we’re mad at Canada, despite Canada having nothing to do with its original name.
That’s some truly impressive historical illiteracy. “Lake America” sounds less like a geographical renaming and more like a toddler putting their name on someone else’s toy because they’re pissed off at them.
And the toddler is pissed off at them because they wouldn’t let him shit in their sandbox…