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.
NOVA SCOTIA. ORIGIN OF PROVINCE NAME: The area was first called Acadia by French settlers and later New Caledonia (meaning New Scotland from the Latin name for northern Britain). The anglicized Nova Scotia name dates from 1621, when Sir William Alexander, a Scot, was given a charter to colonize the area.