Wilcox Lake is a local community located within the Oak Ridges region in Richmond Hill. The local community has an elementary school; Lake Wilcox elementary school, the Lake Wilcox Community Centre, as well as a number of local parks; Sunset Beach Park and Brickworks Parks being most popular. The local community has come together through a number of tragedies, including the death of a local mother, Terri Callaway on North Lake Road,<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.theliberal.com/News/Richmond%20Hill/article/88965|title = Sentencing Postponed}}</ref> and two local teens who accidentally drowned in the lake in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web | first = Naomi | last = Parness |url=http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20080518/canoeists_dead_080518/20080518/?hub=TorontoNewHome |title=Richmond Hill teens feared dead in canoe mishap | publisher = [[CTV Television Network|CTV]] | date = 2008-05-18}}</ref>