Played by Rodney A. Grant, the same character was initially known only as "Inuit Hunter" in the original pilot movie. Now, he is called Eric, named after the original actor who played him in the pilot, Eric Schweig.
When Ray is searching high-class restaurants, Eric suggests "The Loose Moose." This is the name of a real Toronto bar and grill established in 1989, located across from Toronto Union Station.
On screen, the masks can be seen in several shots with a description card giving one the name "The Thief". This is not a random piece of set dressing or fiction. The masks are real museum pieces, and their history is pretty much as Benton states it, except that they were reunited for an exhibition in 1975 not in the 1990s. The mask in the Canadian Museum of History is "The Thief", object VII-C-329 in the catalogue. The other mask is in a museum in Paris. The raven that appears throughout the episode is also part of the actual mythology of the masks.
Two of Eric's relatives are named Victoria and Albert, after Queen Victoria of England (1819-1901) and her husband, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1819-1861).