Thanks to Lake Ontario, MapQuest is popular all over again

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Democracy Dies in DarknessAs of Tuesday, the 30-year-old navigation tool was Apple’s No. 1 free app after the company rebuffed an executive order renaming the Great Lake.September 1, 2026 at 9:07 a.m. EDT1 minute agoAn executive order signed by President Donald Trump last week renamed Lake Ontario as "Lake America". (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)MapQuest has seen a surge in app downloads after the company said it will not rename Lake Ontario to Lake America, following an executive order President Donald Trump issued last week amid an ongoing trade war with Canada.