There is a widespread belief that Ontario’s Tiny and Tay townships were named for Elizabeth Simcoe’s dogs. In fact, Tiny, Tay (and a third named Flos) were King Charles spaniels who belonged to the Maitlands: Sir Peregrine and his second wife, Lady Sarah Lennox, while he served as fourth lieutenant governor of Upper Canada (1818-1828). It is true, however, that Elizabeth Simcoe’s life was full of animals: living, stuffed, studied, and otherwise enjoyed. Their stories provi