Cabin Lake Guard Station – Bend OR

City:
Bend, OR

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation, Lodges, Ranger Stations and Visitor Centers, Campgrounds and Cabins

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Started:
1934

Completed:
1938

Marked:
Yes

Description

Forty miles southeast of Bend, Oregon, the Cabin Lake Guard Station served as a district ranger station and headquarters for the Fort Rock Ranger District of the Deschutes National Forest from 1921 through 1945. Members of a Civilian Conservation Corps camp, located adjacent to the ranger station from 1934 to 1938, contributed to the area’s development for recreational use as well as improved its function for the Forest Service.

The CCC camp members built seven buildings for the ranger station, including the existing guard station building.  Six of these structures (ranger residences, a warehouse, maintenance shop, and a gas station) remain today. The seventh was moved to another guard station when the Cabin Lake Guard Station was closed. The rustic structures, wood-frame buildings with concrete foundation, are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Forest Service has discussed opening the former ranger residences for recreational rental use. The campground adjacent to the buildings is open.

Source notes

Cabin Lake Guard Station website. https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM3M25 US Forest Service Database. Photograph - #340747

Site originally submitted by Judith T Kenny on January 3, 2015.

Location Info


National Forest Development Road 18
OR 97735
Lake County

Coordinates: 43.49056, -121.05861

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