The Fish Lake Shelter, built in 1936 by the Civilian Conservation Corps on the Ashland Ranger District of the Rogue River National Forest, is significant for its association with the CCC activities in recreational development in southern Oregon as part of the federal government's response to national economic plight brought on by the Great Depression. Submitted as part of a multiple property submission, US forest Service Historic Structures on the Rogue River National Forest, Oregon, the Fish Lake shelter represents its historic context, CCC-NERA and Recreation Development on the Rogue River National Forest 1933 to 1942. The building meets the registration requirements outlined for rustic recreational shelters in the registration document. Constructed in 1936, it was established during the historic period. The Fish Lake Shelter retains its integrity of setting, design, and materials, and it evokes direct historic associations with its historic context. The building is eligible to the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion A as an important tangible representative of CCC-NERA recreational development projects in southwestern Oregon. The Fish Lake Shelter is one of five community kitchen structures on the Rogue River National Forest. Others are located at McKee Bridge Campground, Wrangle Gap, Union Creek, and Dead Indian Soda Springs. - NRHP, 29 December 2000