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Who gets to name a river that crosses the border? Southern B.C. already has answers
Regional, Okanagan, West Kootenays Shara Cooper MA, MFA 2026-08-30 Regional, Okanagan, West Kootenays Shara Cooper MA, MFA 2026-08-30

Who gets to name a river that crosses the border? Southern B.C. already has answers

Nearly half a century before U.S. President Donald Trump ordered his government to call Lake Ontario “Lake America,” American officials tried to resolve another cross-border naming difference much closer to the Boundary, but Canada declined to make the change.

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