Average costs and comments from CostHelper's team of professional journalists and community of users. Do-it-yourself materials to install an asphalt shingle roof on an average one-story ranch-style home (with a gently sloping roof of 1,700-2,100 square feet) can run $680-$3,700, depending on the quality of the materials.
The Origin of the Name. Manitoba. The name Manitoba originated in the languages. of the Aboriginal people who lived on the. Prairies and travelled the waters of Lake. Manitoba. These people, the Cree and Assiniboin First. Nations, introduced European explorers, traders.
A map of North America ca. 1566, one of the first to include the name Canada (top right). The name Canada is now generally accepted as originating from the St. Lawrence Iroquoian word kanata or canada, meaning village or settlement. Related translations include land or town, with subsequent terminologies meaning cluster of dwellings or collection of huts.