Because the young botanist on board the ship, Joseph Banks, discovers 30, 000 specimens of plant life in the area, 1, 600 of them unknown to European science, Cook calls the place Botany Bay.

Because the idea of EPCOT was never implemented, the Disney Corporation remained almost the sole landowner in the district allowing it to maintain control of the RCID and the cities of Bay Lake and Lake Buena Vista ; Disney further cemented this control by deannexing Celebration from the RCID.

Because of opposition from William Coddington on " Rhode Island ", it took Williams until 1647 to get the four towns around Narragansett Bay to unite under a single government, and liberty of conscience was again proclaimed.

Because of its unusually high salt concentration, most people can easily float in the lake as a result of the higher density of the water, particularly in the saltier north arm of the lake, Gunnison Bay.

Because there are no rivers, with the exception of a few minor streams, flowing directly into the northwest arm, Gunnison Bay, it is now substantially saltier than the rest of the lake.

Because of the Great Salt Lake's high salinity, it has few fish, but they do occur in Bear River Bay and Farmington Bay when spring runoff brings fresh water into the lake.

Because the county sits at the headwaters of the Chesapeake Bay along the Susquehanna River, it plays a key role in controlling sediment and fertilizer runoff into the bay as well as fostering submerged aquatic vegetation ( SAV ) regrowth.

Because of its proximity to Interstate 5 and the California Aqueduct some towns within this area, including Patterson and Newman, have experienced tremendous growth and are being transformed into bedroom communities for commuters from the nearby San Francisco Bay Area, while others ( including Westley and Crows Landing ) have been almost entirely overlooked by development and remain tiny farming communities.

Because of the natural hazards of the strait, where the waters of Green Bay meet the open body of Lake Michigan, they gave it the French appellation Porte des Morts Passage, which in English means the " Door to the Way to Death ," or simply, " Death's Door.

Because of the moderating effects of the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean, Virginia Beach is the northernmost location on the east coast in which many species of plants will reliably grow.

Clear at Zundel's Wharf Because of this, the front of the homes ( sometimes referred to as cottages ) face Mobile Bay and there is a boardwalk between the water and the homes leading to and from Zundel's Wharf.

Because of its close proximity to San Francisco International Airport and to the city of San Francisco, and its advanced transit center that can connect people to all major cities / events in the Bay Area, many tourists opt to stay in Millbrae.

Because of the World War II submarine threat off the East Coast of the United States, especially off shore Cape May and at the mouth of the Delaware Bay, numerous United States Navy facilities were located here in order to protect American coastal shipping.

Because there are fewer flights to choose from, most Bay Shore residents ( like other Long Islanders ) travel to larger and more accommodative airports for most of their air travel, such as John F Kennedy International Airport and LaGuardia Airport, both in the Borough of Queens in New York City, and Newark International Airport in Newark, New Jersey.

Because the Hudson's Bay Company's Council of Assiniboia still had authority over the area, its representatives summoned Riel on October 25 to explain the actions of the Committee.

Because of its lesser pace of operations, PIE is frequently used instead of TPA as a destination airport by pilots of private planes and executive jets for access to the Tampa Bay Area.

Because the parties in BANC comprised the majority of operators in the Bay Area, they used peer pressure to imply that operators who did not play nice would be collectively punished by the group, through interfering with the non cooperative, while striving not to interfere with the cooperative.

( Because Salem's water rights extend into Massachusetts Bay, there is no connection between Marblehead and the city of Beverly across Beverly Harbor.

Because of federal competition laws, the Hudson's Bay Company was required to divest itself of its interest in Simpsons-Sears, which had been held by Simpsons, and the chain was formally renamed Sears Canada Inc. in 1984.

Because sunfish had not been kept in captivity on a large scale before, the staff at Monterey Bay were forced to innovate and create their own methods for capture, feeding, and parasite control.

Because of the proximity to the San Francisco Bay, the right field foul pole is only from home plate.

Because the young botanist on board the ship, Joseph Banks, discovers 30, 000 specimens of plant life in the area, 1, 600 of them unknown to European science, Cook calls the place Botany Bay.

Because explorers found navigation hazardous in this New World place of rocks and converging tide-driven currents ( from the Long Island Sound, Harlem River strait, Upper Bay of New York Harbor and lesser channels, some of which have been filled ), the Anglicization stuck.

Because much of this pollution drained into and affected Lake Erie, the lake itself was considered " dead " and unable to support aquatic life.

Because of the uniform water flow from Lake Ladoga to Neva over the whole year, there is almost no floods and corresponding water rise in the spring.

Because of its depth and relative ease of access, the US Navy uses Seneca Lake to perform test and evaluation of equipment ranging from single element transducers to complex sonar arrays and systems.

Because the Swans and the Saints used to be towards the bottom of the ladder on a regular basis after the Second World War up until St Kilda's move away from the Junction Oval, clashes between both sides used to be dubbed " The Lake Premiership ".

Because the territorial boundary line between the U. S. and Canada ran through the middle of Lake Erie and then up the Detroit River, combined with the prevailing belief regarding the location of the southern tip of Lake Michigan, the framers of the 1802 Ohio Constitution believed it was the intent of Congress that Ohio's northern boundary should certainly be north of the mouth of the Maumee River, and possibly even of the Detroit River.

Because the western end of Lake Erie offered the shortest overland route to the frontiers of Indiana and Illinois, Maumee Harbor was seen as a site of immediate importance and great value.

Because of its prolific use during this period, the American Dialect Society voted " weapons of mass destruction " ( and its abbreviation, " WMD ") the word of the year in 2002, and in 2003 Lake Superior State University added WMD to its list of terms banished for " Mis-use, Over-use and General Uselessness ".

Because Lake Chad is very shallow — only at its deepest — its area is particularly sensitive to small changes in average depth, and consequently it also shows seasonal fluctuations in size of about 1 m every year.

Because of this, most of Lake Victoria's nutrients are thought to be locked up in lake-bottom deposits.

Because his force was inferior, he chose the narrow, rocky body of water between the western shore of Lake Champlain and Valcour Island ( near modern Plattsburgh, New York ), where the British fleet would have difficulty bringing its superior firepower to bear, and where the inferior seamanship of his relatively unskilled sailors would have a minimal negative effect.

Because of its large number of lakes, the northwestern corner of Waukesha County is referred to as " Lake Country " by local residents.

Because of poor transportation connections with the rest of Oregon, the early economic orientation of Lake County was toward California: both the San Francisco Chronicle and the San Francisco Examiner arrived in Lakeview daily, often before The Oregonian.

Because of the new roads and bridge built for use during construction, it has become the gateway to the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and Lake Powell, attracting more than 3 million visitors per year.

Because it is deep with no power limit, water skiing is allowed on Lake Ann.

Because there is also a Lakeview in Baxter County, many residents want to rename Lakeview to " Lake Helena ".

Because of encroaching annexations by the City of Frostproof, the town is exploring the possibility of annexing Crooked Lake and nearby shores which would increase the size of the town to.

Because many adults work out of town, notably in Chicago, social life in Crystal Lake is determined largely by whom people's children go to school with, and who lives nearby.

Because of its location, Crown Point is known as the " Hub of Lake County ".

Because of its shape, that of a pan, it was called Panbowl Lake.

Because of the closing of the Lake Champlain Bridge in the fall of 2009, as of October 2009 a temporary pedestrian ferry service runs from the Westport Marina across Lake Champlain to Vermont on a limited basis during morning and evening commuting hours.