This episode was shot at Bordertown, a Virtue Studios filming ranch just east of Vancouver. This was also the location for Edora in the Season 3 episode A Hundred Days (2000).
Dion Johnstone, the actor that plays Chaka, not only played Chaka in The First Ones (2000), he played Captain Nelson in Rules of Engagement (1999), and Lt. Tyler in The Fifth Man (2001); and will portray Wodan in Metamorphosis (2003).