Named after a native Canadian,[4] Chinguacousy Township was rapidly growing due to the Bramalea development,[5] initiated in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

[8] The Indians of Canada pavilion at Expo 67 included a totem pole and "welcome figure" carved by Charlie and two Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl) artists.

[9] For the 1971 centennial of British Columbia, Charlie and thirteen other carvers were commissioned to carve totems presented to each of the other nine provinces, two territories, and the federal government.

[8] The figure depicted by the statue is that of a nearly-naked Aboriginal man, and the name of the sculpture refers to a Pacific Northwest coast tribe.

[1] The Globe and Mail ran an editorial commenting they were "striving (against the wicked odds that only Toronto can provide) to view the situation with proper seriousness.

"[7] Reeve Robert Williams suggested ferns and flowers indigenous to British Columbia would be brought in, and planted around the statue.

[2] In a letter to community services commissioner Donald M. Gordon, Drynan wrote: "I am sure that the statue has artistic merit and needs to be preserved.

[15] Former mayor Peter Robertson questioned where the statue was located, during a 2011 meeting about the "Southwest Quadrant Renewal", an expansion of Brampton's City Hall.

[17] In 2021, an art conservator recommended that Kwakiutl "be relocated to more suitable location for its long term preservation and appreciation.