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Ossineke is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Alpena County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 938 at the 2010 census. The community is located within Sanborn Township, several miles south of Alpena on U.S. Highway 23.

The name is derived from the Anishinaabe word (either the Ojibwa or the Ottawa) zhingaabewasiniigigaabawaad, meaning “Where the image stones stood”, though the modern Anishinaabe name for the place is asiniike, meaning “to quarry”.

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History

The image stones were thought to embody the spirit of Chief Shinggabaw, who promised to return there after death. After they were stolen by a rival tribe, the Great Spirit put them back and destroyed the raiding party. Later, a white fisherman stole them, using them to anchor fishing nets, and they are now somewhere in Lake Huron.

In 1973, the community was the site of the Great Michigan Pizza Funeral.

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Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 3.67 square miles (9.51 km), of which 3.66 square miles (9.48 km) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km) (0.27%) is water. Ossineke is part of Northern Michigan.

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