Cabri sits in southwestern Saskatchewan, directly north of Gull Lake, northwest of Swift Current and east of the Great Sand Hills. It became a village in 1912 and was incorporated as a town in 1917.
The year the village was incorporated, the Cabri ferry also began operating. It carried travellers across the South Saskatchewan River between Cabri and the town now known as Kyle.
The name has several possible origins, all tied to the pronghorn antelope of the area. Local folklore says it comes from early settlers' pronunciation of a First Nations word for antelope. Another idea traces it to Antilocapridae, the Latin name for the pronghorn's family. A third holds that voyageurs and Metis thought pronghorns looked like goats and called them "cabri," the French word for goat.
Today the town lies at the centre of the Cabri Area Important Bird Area, a habitat for burrowing owls, ferruginous hawks, Ross's geese and mallards. Cabri School serves local students, and the town counts bandleader, trumpeter and songwriter Bobby Gimby among its notable residents.
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