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.
The name Canada comes from kanata, the Iroquois-Huron word for village or settlement.. The Iroquois used the word to describe the village of Stadacona, present-day Quebec City. During his second voyage to New France in 1535, French explorer Jacques Cartier sailed up the Saint Lawrence River for the first time.