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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|date = 2 July 2021|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://
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 resided in York and Markham, but died in the former in 1813.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/willcocks_william_5E.html|title = Biography – WILLCOCKS, WILLIAM – Volume V (1801-1820) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography}}</ref>
==Community==
There is a craft brewery named after
==History==
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The lake was recorded as "Lake Wilcocks" on an 1878 map in the ''Illustrated historical atlas of the county of York and the township of West Gwillimbury & town of Bradford in the county of Simcoe, Ont.''<ref name="wilcocks">{{cite web|url=http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/countyatlas/showtownship2.php?townshipid=Whitchurch|title=Illustrated historical atlas of the county of York and the township of West Gwillimbury & town of Bradford in the county of Simcoe, Ont.|location=Toronto|publisher=Miles & Co.|year=1878|accessdate=2012-02-12}}</ref>
Housing developments began to boom around
==Geography==
===Wetlands complex===
==Ecology==
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===Vegetation===
The native [[coniferous tree]]s in
===Animal life===
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==See also==
Other kettle lakes and bodies of water near
* [[Philips Lake]] at MacLeod's Landing
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[[Category:Richmond Hill, Ontario]]
[[Category:Lakes of Ontario|Wilcox]]
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