(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday renaming Lake Ontario, the smallest of the Great Lakes by surface area, to Lake America.
With Canada as Illinois’ top international trade partner, the largely symbolic renaming is part of a wider economic story.
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