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Lake in line for name change as lawmaker pleads for new name
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (603+ words) A Pennsylvania politician has pleaded with President Donald Trump to rename another Great Lake – despite it already having an American name. State Representative David Maloney has requested the Republican leader change the name of Lake Erie to Lake Pennsylvania, Fox…...
Renaming of Lake Ontario shows how names are political tools | Opinion
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (509+ words) The renaming of Lake Ontario plunges us into deep philosophical waters: We like to think that names are fixed, but names are merely social constructions and political tools. All the other Great Lakes, except for Superior, also have Indigenous names....
Republican lawmaker wants to rename Lake Erie: 'Let's call it Lake Pennsylvania"
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (447+ words) Congressman David Maloney says he will put a resolution forward calling on President Donald Trump to rename the lake shared with Canada and three other states A Republican congressman from Pennsylvania is planning to put a resolution before the U.S. House…...
‘Lake Pennsylvania’: U.S. lawmaker aims to rename another Ontario Great Lake. Here’s the reaction and how it could happen
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (875+ words) Pennsylvania State Representative David Maloney says the effort to rename Lake Erie to “Lake Pennsylvania” reflects the lake’s modern identity. The Lake Erie shoreline at Rock Point Provincial Park. A U.S. lawmaker has proposed renaming the body of water…...
PA Lawmaker Wants Trump To Rename Lake Erie
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (358+ words) PENNSYLVANIA — First, the Gulf of Mexico abruptly became the Gulf of America. Then Lake Ontatrio suddenly became Lake America. Now, in the wake of President Donald Trump unilaterally deciding to change the name of those bodies of water, a state…...
Why a PA lawmaker is seriously trying to rename Lake Erie
4+ day, 33+ min ago (411+ words) HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Berks County Republican who wants Lake Erie renamed “Lake Pennsylvania” filed the paperwork Wednesday morning. As of Thursday, that paperwork is all there is. Rep. David Maloney, R-130th Dist., of Boyertown, circulated a co-sponsorship memo at 11:05 a....
Taking a page from the Trump playbook, Pa. lawmaker wants to rename Lake Erie
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (504+ words) First, it was President Donald Trump proclaiming Lake Ontario was renamed “Lake America” and now a Pennsylvania state lawmaker has Lake Erie in his sights. Rep. David Maloney, a Berks County Republican who lives over 350 miles from Erie, is proposing…...
State Rep. David Maloney drafts resolution seeking Lake Erie name change
4+ day, 11+ hour ago (160+ words) State Rep. David Maloney, a Republican, is advocating for Lake Erie to be renamed Lake Pennsylvania. Maloney said he is drafting a resolution to call on President Donald Trump and the Department of the Interior to implement the name change....
Republican lawmaker wants to rename Lake Erie
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (545+ words) Sep 09, 2026 at 12:22 PM EDT A Republican lawmaker wants Lake Erie to be renamed “Lake Pennsylvania,” arguing that the state’s economy and identity are increasingly connected to its only Great Lake. State Representative David Maloney, who represents Pennsylvania’s 130th Legislative District in…...
A WMU professor who wrote a book on Lake Ontario is getting lots of calls from the media
5+ day, 17+ hour ago (393+ words) Daniel Macfarlane is a professor in the School of Environment, Geography and Sustainability at WMU. His book “The Lives of Lake Ontario: An Environmental History” was published in 2024, but Macfarlane’s media whirlwind didn’t start until President Donald Trump released an…...