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'''Lake Wilcox
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" />
The lake is named after 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> A community of the same name is established around the lake.▼
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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>
Wilcox Lake is a local community located within Oak Ridges. 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>▼
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There is a craft brewery named after Lake Wilcox called [http://www.lakewilcoxbrewing.com Lake Wilcox Brewing Co.] located in Vaughan. It was established on March 17, 2015.
==History==
[[File:Lake Wilcox, Ontario (circa 1920s).jpg|thumb|right|Circa 1920s]]
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
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Beginning in 1997, the town of Richmond Hill undertook a project to restore the lake's condition, which had degraded
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The native [[coniferous tree]]s in
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Indigenous animal life includes [[
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The town of Richmond Hill maintains three municipal recreational parks along the shores of
==See also==
▲Other kettle lakes and bodies of water near Wilcox Lake:
* [[Bond Lake (Ontario)]], spring fed lake was home to recreation park in late 19th and early 20th centuries
* [[Preston Lake, Ontario|Preston Lake]] - kettle lake
* [[Lake St. George (Ontario)|Lake St. George]]▼
▲* [[Phillips Lake]] at MacLeod's Landing
▲* [[Lake St. George]]
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