Devils River is a 2.4 miles (3.9 km) river in the U.S. state

U.S. state

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 of Michigan

Michigan

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. It is located mostly in Alpena County

Alpena County, Michigan

Alpena County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the population was 29,598. The county seat is Alpena. It is considered to be part of Northern Michigan.It was founded originally in 1840 as Anomickee County...

 south of the city of Alpena

Alpena, Michigan

Alpena is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Alpena County. It is considered to be part of Northern Michigan. The Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary is located in the city. The population was 10,483 at the 2010 census...

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The mouth is on Thunder Bay

Thunder Bay (Michigan)

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 of Lake Huron

Lake Huron

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 at 44°55′34"N 83°25′15"W near the small community of Ossineke

Ossineke, Michigan

Ossineke is an unincorporated community in Sanborn Township, Alpena County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a census-designated place used for statistical purposes. The population was 1,059 at the 2000 census. The community is located several miles south of Alpena on U.S. Highway 23...

 in Sanborn Township

Sanborn Township, Michigan

Sanborn Township is a civil township of Alpena County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,152 at the 2000 census.- Communities :* Ossineke is an unincorporated community in the township on Lake Huron at the mouth of the Devils River...

. The north branch rises as the outflow of Devils Lake

Devils Lake (Michigan)

Devils Lake is the name of a few lakes in the U.S. state of Michigan.The largest Devils Lake is in Lenawee County on the boundary between Woodstock Township and Rollin Township. The community of Devils Lake is on the northern end of the lake and Manitou Beach is at the southwest end...

 a few mile north-northwest of Ossineke. The south branch of the river rises in northern Alcona County

Alcona County, Michigan

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 near the community of Spruce in Caledonia Township

Caledonia Township, Alcona County, Michigan

Caledonia Township is a civil township of Alcona County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,203 at the 2000 census.-Communities:*Hubbard Lake is a census-designated place around the shores of Hubbard Lake...

 and flows mostly north and east to join the north branch near Ossineke, just 2.4 miles (3.9 km) from the mouth.

The south branch runs closely along the west side of U.S. Highway 23 for about two miles, before the road crosses both the south and north branches near Ossineke.

An Ojibwe village was once located at the mouth of the river along with two large image stones from which the name of Ossineke (from zhingaabewasiniigigaabawaad meaning "Where the Image stones stood,") is derived.