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'''Lake Wilcox''' is a [[kettle lake]] in the [[Oak Ridges, Ontario|Oak Ridges]] neighbourhood of [[Richmond Hill, Ontario|Richmond Hill]], [[Ontario]], Canada. The lake measures 1.5 kilometers across and covers 55.6 [[hectare]]s or 0.55 square kilometres, making it the largest kettle lake on the [[Oak Ridges Moraine]].<ref name = "TE">{{cite web|url = http://www.town.richmond-hill.on.ca/subpage.asp?pageid=prc_lake_wilcox&textonly=|title = Lake Wilcox|publisher = Town of Richmond Hill}}</ref> Lake Wilcox, [[Lake St. George (Ontario)|Lake St. George]] and their associated [[wetland]]s form a "provincially significant wetland".<ref>{{cite web|url = http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:nhic.mnr.gov.on.ca/documents/winter2004/NHIC_NEWS_WINTER2004.pdf|title = Decade of Achievement}}</ref>
The lake is named after William Willcocks (1735/36-1813), who was a merchant in York, Upper Canada and became mayor of [[Cork (city)|Cork]], [[Ireland]] in 1793 (after his return from Upper Canada).<ref name="Carter">{{cite book|title=Stories of Newmarket: An Old Ontario Town|last=Carter|first=Robert Terence|publisher=[[Dundurn Press]]|year=2011|isbn=9781554888801}}</ref><!-- page 48 --><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.corkcity.ie/yourcouncil/mayorsofcork/|title=Mayors of Cork|publisher=Cork City Council|accessdate=2014-01-12}}</ref> Willcocks and his family moved to [[Upper Canada]], where his cousin [[Peter Russell (politician)|Peter Russell]] became interim administrator after the departure of [[John Graves Simcoe]] in 1796.<ref name="Carter" /> Willcocks "was an active land speculator" who acquired significant holdings in Upper Canada, including {{convert|800|acres|km2|1}} surrounding the lake.<ref name="Carter" /> The name of the lake was originally Lake Willcocks, but it was corrupted over time to its present spelling.<ref name="Carter" />
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W. Wilcox Baldwin, a settler of the area who owned an estate situated on [[Yonge Street]].<ref name = "centennial">{{cite book|title = Explore Centennial Richmond Hill|year = 1973|publisher = Richmond Hill Public Library}}</ref>
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Willcocks resides in York and Markham, but died in the former in 1813.<ref>http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/willcocks_william_5E.html</ref>
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