REGISTRATION NO. 333-
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM S-8

                          REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                                   ----------

                          LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORPORATION
             (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

        Delaware                                        93-0609074
(STATE OF INCORPORATION)                       (IRS EMPLOYERIDENTIFICATION NO.)

        111 S.W. Fifth Avenue
        Portland, Oregon                                 97204
(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)               (ZIP CODE)


         LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORPORATION 2000 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                            (FULL TITLE OF THE PLAN)


                                Anton C. Kirchhof
                                    Secretary
                          Louisiana-Pacific Corporation
                              111 S.W. Fifth Avenue
                             Portland, Oregon 97204
                            Telephone (503) 221-0800
           (NAME, ADDRESS, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)



                             CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
<TABLE>
===========================================================================================

      TITLE OF                      PROPOSED MAXIMUM   PROPOSED MAXIMUM
  SECURITIES TO BE   AMOUNT TO BE    OFFERING PRICE       AGGREGATE          AMOUNT OF
     REGISTERED      REGISTERED        PER SHARE        OFFERING PRICE    REGISTRATION FEE
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Common Stock,
<S>                      <C>                 <C>         <C>                   <C>
  par value $1 per       1,500,000           (2)         $13,365,000(2)        $3,529
      share(1)            shares
===========================================================================================
</TABLE>

(1) Includes  rights under the 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.  Also includes
    one  Preferred  Share  Purchase  Right  for  each  share  of  Common  Stock,
    exercisable  on the terms and  conditions  specified  therein.  Prior to the
    occurrence of certain  events,  the Preferred Share Purchase Rights will not
    be evidenced  separately from the Common Stock;  value  attributable to such
    Rights, if any, is reflected in the market price of the Common Stock.

(2) Pursuant to Rule 457(h),  the proposed maximum aggregate  offering price and
    the registration fee have been computed based on the average of the high and
    low sales prices, $8.91, reported for the Common Stock on the New York Stock
    Exchange-Composite Transactions on October 24, 2000.


<PAGE>
                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
         ---------------------------------------

      The following  documents  filed by the registrant  with the Securities and
Exchange   Commission  are  incorporated  by  reference  in  this   registration
statement:


            (a) The  registrant's  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
            December 31, 1999.

            (b) The registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters
            ended March 31, 2000, and June 30, 2000.

            (c) The  registrant's  Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on April 6,
            2000, August 8, 2000, and August 17, 2000.

            (d) The  description  of the  registrant's  Common Stock included as
            Exhibit 99.1 to the  registrant's  Current  Report on Form 8-K filed
            May 26, 1998.

            (e) The description of preferred share purchase rights  contained in
            the  registrant's  Registration  Statement on Form 8-A filed May 26,
            1998.

      All  documents  filed by the  registrant  subsequent to those listed above
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934,  as  amended,  prior to the  filing of a  post-effective  amendment  which
indicates that all securities  offered have been sold or which  deregisters  all
securities  then  remaining  unsold,  shall  be  deemed  to be  incorporated  by
reference  herein  and to be a part  hereof  from  the  date of  filing  of such
documents.


Item 4.  Description of Securities.
         -------------------------

            Not applicable.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
         --------------------------------------

            Not applicable.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
         -----------------------------------------

      Indemnification

      The registrant's  certificate of incorporation generally provides that its
directors will have no personal  liability to the registrant or its stockholders
for monetary damages resulting from breaches of their fiduciary duties. However,
the directors nonetheless remain liable for breaches of their duty of loyalty to
the  registrant  and its  stockholders,  as well as for acts or omissions not in
good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law
and transactions from which a director derives improper personal benefit.

      Section 174 of the Delaware General  Corporation Law ("Law") provides that
any director  against  whom a claim shall be  successfully  asserted  under said
section for an unlawful  payment of a dividend or an unlawful  stock purchase or
redemption  shall be entitled to be subrogated to the rights of the  corporation
against  stockholders  who  received  the dividend on, or assets for the sale or
redemption  of,  their stock with  knowledge  that the same was  unlawful.  Said
section also provides

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<PAGE>

that  any such  director  shall  be  entitled  to  contribution  from the  other
directors who voted for or concurred in the unlawful  dividend,  stock purchase,
or redemption.

      The registrant's  certificate of incorporation and bylaws provide that the
registrant  shall  indemnify  its  officers  and  directors  to the full  extent
permitted by Section 145 of the Law, as amended from time to time.  Said Section
145 authorizes a corporation, under certain conditions, to indemnify each person
who is or was a director,  officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, or is
or was  serving  at the  request  of the  corporation  as a  director,  officer,
employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or
other enterprise (including an employee benefit plan), against certain expenses,
judgments,  fines,  and  amounts  paid in  settlement  actually  and  reasonably
incurred by him in connection with any threatened, pending, or completed action,
suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,  administrative, or investigative,
in which he was or is a party or is  threatened  to be made a party by reason of
being or having been such director,  officer, employee, or agent. In addition to
the  indemnification  authorized  by Section  145 of the Law,  the  registrant's
bylaws  provide that the  registrant  shall  indemnify  any natural  person (not
including non-employee lawyers, accountants,  actuaries, investment advisers, or
arbitrators  acting  in such  capacity)  who is or was  serving  in a  fiduciary
capacity  with respect to one of the  registrant's  employee  benefit or welfare
plans  or who is or  was  performing  any  service  or  duty  on  behalf  of the
registrant with respect to such a plan, against all expenses,  judgments, fines,
and amounts paid in settlement  incurred by such person in  connection  with any
action or proceeding  arising out of such service or performance,  to the extent
such expenses and amounts are insurable but not covered by collectible insurance
or otherwise  indemnified.  Such  indemnification  shall not be available to any
person who participated in or knowingly  failed to take appropriate  action with
respect to any violation of any  responsibilities  or  obligations  imposed upon
fiduciaries by law, knowing such to be a violation of such  responsibilities  or
obligations.

      Insurance


      The  registrant  maintains  directors' and officers'  liability  insurance
under which the registrant's directors and officers are insured against loss (as
defined)  as a result of claims  brought  against  them based upon their acts or
omissions in such capacities.


Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.
         -----------------------------------

      Not applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits.
         --------

      The  Index  to  Exhibits  listing  the  exhibits  required  by Item 601 of
Regulation S-K is located at page II-5.


Item 9.  Undertakings.
         ------------

      (a)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

            (1) To file,  during any  period in which  offers or sales are being
         made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

                  (i) To include any prospectus  required by Section 10(a)(3) of
         the Securities Act of 1933 ("Securities Act");

                  (ii) To reflect in the  prospectus any facts or events arising
         after the  effective  date of the  registration  statement (or the most
         recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,  individually or in the
         aggregate,  represent a fundamental change in the information set forth
         in the registration statement;


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<PAGE>

                  (iii) To include any material  information with respect to the
         plan of  distribution  not  previously  disclosed  in the  registration
         statement  or  any  material   change  to  such   information   in  the
         registration statement;

Provided,  however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
information  required  to be  included in a  post-effective  amendment  by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant  pursuant to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act") that
are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.


            (2) That,  for the purpose of  determining  any liability  under the
         Securities Act, each such  post-effective  amendment shall be deemed to
         be a new  registration  statement  relating to the  securities  offered
         therein,  and the  offering  of such  securities  at that time shall be
         deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

            (3)  To  remove  from  registration  by  means  of a  post-effective
         amendment any of the securities  being registered that remain unsold at
         the termination of the offering.

      (b) The undersigned  registrant  hereby  undertakes  that, for purposes of
determining  any  liability  under  the  Securities  Act,  each  filing  of  the
registrant's  annual  report  pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act (and,  where  applicable,  each filing of an employee  benefit plan's annual
report  pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is  incorporated  by
reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities  offered therein,  and the offering of such
securities  at that time shall be deemed to be the  initial  bona fide  offering
thereof.


      (h)  Insofar  as  indemnification   for  liabilities   arising  under  the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors,  officers and controlling  persons
of the  registrant  pursuant to the  provisions  described  in Item 6 above,  or
otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities
and  Exchange  Commission  such  indemnification  is  against  public  policy as
expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,  unenforceable.  In the event
that a claim  for  indemnification  against  such  liabilities  (other  than the
payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling  person of the registrant in the  successful  defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director,  officer or controlling person
in connection with the securities being registered,  the registrant will, unless
in the  opinion  of its  counsel  the matter  has been  settled  by  controlling
precedent,  submit to a court of appropriate  jurisdiction  the question whether
such  indemnification  by it is  against  public  policy  as  expressed  in  the
Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. The
undertaking  of the  registrant  in the  preceding  sentence  does not  apply to
insurance against liability arising under the Securities Act.


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<PAGE>


                                   SIGNATURES

The Registrant.
--------------

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies  that it has  reasonable  grounds to believe  that it meets all of the
requirements  for  filing  on Form S-8 and has  duly  caused  this  registration
statement  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized,  in the  city of  Portland,  state  of  Oregon,  on the  31st day of
October, 2000.

                                     LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORPORATION
                                     (Registrant)


                                     By  /s/ Curtis M. Stevens
                                         -----------------------------
                                         Curtis M. Stevens
                                         Vice President, Treasurer and
                                         Chief Financial Officer

      Pursuant  to  the  requirements  of  the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  this
registration  statement  has  been  signed  by  the  following  persons  in  the
capacities indicated as of the 31st day of October, 2000.

                Signature                                    Title

(1)  Principal Executive Officer and Director


<TABLE>
<S>                                                <C>
MARK A. SUWYN*                                     Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
                                                   Officer and Director


(2)  Principal Financial and Accounting Officer:


CURTIS M. STEVENS*                                 Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
</TABLE>


(3)  A majority of the Board
     of Directors:

WILLIAM C. BROOKS*                                 Director
E. GARY COOK*                                      Director
ARCHIE W. DUNHAM*                                  Director
PAUL W. HANSEN*                                    Director
DONALD R. KAYSER*                                  Director
BRENDA LAUDERBACK*                                 Director
PATRICK F. McCARTAN*                               Director
LEE C. SIMPSON*                                    Director
COLIN D. WATSON*                                   Director

      *By /s/ Anton C. Kirchhof
          ---------------------
             Anton C. Kirchhof
             Attorney-in-fact


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<PAGE>

                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS


4.1   The registrant's  Restated  Certificate of Incorporation.  Incorporated by
      reference  to Exhibit  3(a) to the  registrant's  Form 10-Q report for the
      quarter ended June 30, 1993.

4.2   The  registrant's  Bylaws  as  amended  June  26,  2000.  Incorporated  by
      reference  to Exhibit  3.1 to the  registrant's  Form 10-Q  report for the
      quarter ended June 30, 2000.

4.3   Rights  Agreement,  dated as of May 26, 1998,  between the  registrant and
      First Chicago  Trust  Company of New York, as Rights Agent,  including the
      form of Right  Certificate  as  Exhibit  A and the  Summary  of  Rights to
      Purchase  Preferred  Shares as Exhibit B.  Incorporated  by  reference  to
      Exhibit 1 to the registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed May
      26, 1998.

5     Opinion of Miller  Nash LLP as to the  legality  of the  securities  being
      registered.

23.1  Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.

23.2  Consent of Miller Nash LLP (included in Exhibit 5).

24    Power of attorney of certain officers and directors.

-------------------

      Other exhibits listed in Item 601 to Regulation S-K are not applicable.


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REGISTRATION NO. 333-
================================================================================

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                   ----------

                                    FORM S-8

                          REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                                   ----------

                          LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORPORATION
             (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

        Delaware                                        93-0609074
(STATE OF INCORPORATION)                       (IRS EMPLOYERIDENTIFICATION NO.)

        111 S.W. Fifth Avenue
        Portland, Oregon                                 97204
(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)               (ZIP CODE)

         LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORPORATION 2000 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                            (FULL TITLE OF THE PLAN)

                                Anton C. Kirchhof
                                    Secretary
                          Louisiana-Pacific Corporation
                              111 S.W. Fifth Avenue
                             Portland, Oregon 97204
                            Telephone (503) 221-0800
           (NAME, ADDRESS, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)

                             CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

===========================================================================================

      TITLE OF                      PROPOSED MAXIMUM   PROPOSED MAXIMUM
  SECURITIES TO BE   AMOUNT TO BE    OFFERING PRICE       AGGREGATE          AMOUNT OF
     REGISTERED      REGISTERED        PER SHARE        OFFERING PRICE    REGISTRATION FEE
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Common Stock,
par value $1 per       1,500,000           (2)         $13,365,000(2)        $3,529
      share(1)            shares
===========================================================================================
(1) Includes  rights under the 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.  Also includes
    one  Preferred  Share  Purchase  Right  for  each  share  of  Common  Stock,
    exercisable  on the terms and  conditions  specified  therein.  Prior to the
    occurrence of certain  events,  the Preferred Share Purchase Rights will not
    be evidenced  separately from the Common Stock;  value  attributable to such
    Rights, if any, is reflected in the market price of the Common Stock.

(2) Pursuant to Rule 457(h),  the proposed maximum aggregate  offering price and
    the registration fee have been computed based on the average of the high and
    low sales prices, $8.91, reported for the Common Stock on the New York Stock
    Exchange-Composite Transactions on October 24, 2000.
PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
         ---------------------------------------

      The following  documents  filed by the registrant  with the Securities and
Exchange   Commission  are  incorporated  by  reference  in  this   registration
statement:

            (a) The  registrant's  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
            December 31, 1999.

            (b) The registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters
            ended March 31, 2000, and June 30, 2000.

            (c) The  registrant's  Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on April 6,
            2000, August 8, 2000, and August 17, 2000.

            (d) The  description  of the  registrant's  Common Stock included as
            Exhibit 99.1 to the  registrant's  Current  Report on Form 8-K filed
            May 26, 1998.

            (e) The description of preferred share purchase rights  contained in
            the  registrant's  Registration  Statement on Form 8-A filed May 26,
            1998.

      All  documents  filed by the  registrant  subsequent to those listed above
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934,  as  amended,  prior to the  filing of a  post-effective  amendment  which
indicates that all securities  offered have been sold or which  deregisters  all
securities  then  remaining  unsold,  shall  be  deemed  to be  incorporated  by
reference  herein  and to be a part  hereof  from  the  date of  filing  of such
documents.

Item 4.  Description of Securities.
         -------------------------

            Not applicable.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
         --------------------------------------

            Not applicable.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
         -----------------------------------------

      Indemnification

      The registrant's  certificate of incorporation generally provides that its
directors will have no personal  liability to the registrant or its stockholders
for monetary damages resulting from breaches of their fiduciary duties. However,
the directors nonetheless remain liable for breaches of their duty of loyalty to
the  registrant  and its  stockholders,  as well as for acts or omissions not in
good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law
and transactions from which a director derives improper personal benefit.

      Section 174 of the Delaware General  Corporation Law ("Law") provides that
any director  against  whom a claim shall be  successfully  asserted  under said
section for an unlawful  payment of a dividend or an unlawful  stock purchase or
redemption  shall be entitled to be subrogated to the rights of the  corporation
against  stockholders  who  received  the dividend on, or assets for the sale or
redemption  of,  their stock with  knowledge  that the same was  unlawful.  Said
section also provides

                                    - II-1 -
that  any such  director  shall  be  entitled  to  contribution  from the  other
directors who voted for or concurred in the unlawful  dividend,  stock purchase,
or redemption.

      The registrant's  certificate of incorporation and bylaws provide that the
registrant  shall  indemnify  its  officers  and  directors  to the full  extent
permitted by Section 145 of the Law, as amended from time to time.  Said Section
145 authorizes a corporation, under certain conditions, to indemnify each person
who is or was a director,  officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, or is
or was  serving  at the  request  of the  corporation  as a  director,  officer,
employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or
other enterprise (including an employee benefit plan), against certain expenses,
judgments,  fines,  and  amounts  paid in  settlement  actually  and  reasonably
incurred by him in connection with any threatened, pending, or completed action,
suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,  administrative, or investigative,
in which he was or is a party or is  threatened  to be made a party by reason of
being or having been such director,  officer, employee, or agent. In addition to
the  indemnification  authorized  by Section  145 of the Law,  the  registrant's
bylaws  provide that the  registrant  shall  indemnify  any natural  person (not
including non-employee lawyers, accountants,  actuaries, investment advisers, or
arbitrators  acting  in such  capacity)  who is or was  serving  in a  fiduciary
capacity  with respect to one of the  registrant's  employee  benefit or welfare
plans  or who is or  was  performing  any  service  or  duty  on  behalf  of the
registrant with respect to such a plan, against all expenses,  judgments, fines,
and amounts paid in settlement  incurred by such person in  connection  with any
action or proceeding  arising out of such service or performance,  to the extent
such expenses and amounts are insurable but not covered by collectible insurance
or otherwise  indemnified.  Such  indemnification  shall not be available to any
person who participated in or knowingly  failed to take appropriate  action with
respect to any violation of any  responsibilities  or  obligations  imposed upon
fiduciaries by law, knowing such to be a violation of such  responsibilities  or
obligations.

      Insurance

      The  registrant  maintains  directors' and officers'  liability  insurance
under which the registrant's directors and officers are insured against loss (as
defined)  as a result of claims  brought  against  them based upon their acts or
omissions in such capacities.

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.
         -----------------------------------

      Not applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits.
         --------

      The  Index  to  Exhibits  listing  the  exhibits  required  by Item 601 of
Regulation S-K is located at page II-5.

Item 9.  Undertakings.
         ------------

      (a)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

            (1) To file,  during any  period in which  offers or sales are being
         made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

                  (i) To include any prospectus  required by Section 10(a)(3) of
         the Securities Act of 1933 ("Securities Act");

                  (ii) To reflect in the  prospectus any facts or events arising
         after the  effective  date of the  registration  statement (or the most
         recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,  individually or in the
         aggregate,  represent a fundamental change in the information set forth
         in the registration statement;

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(iii) To include any material  information with respect to the
         plan of  distribution  not  previously  disclosed  in the  registration
         statement  or  any  material   change  to  such   information   in  the
         registration statement;

Provided,  however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
information  required  to be  included in a  post-effective  amendment  by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant  pursuant to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act") that
are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.

            (2) That,  for the purpose of  determining  any liability  under the
         Securities Act, each such  post-effective  amendment shall be deemed to
         be a new  registration  statement  relating to the  securities  offered
         therein,  and the  offering  of such  securities  at that time shall be
         deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

            (3)  To  remove  from  registration  by  means  of a  post-effective
         amendment any of the securities  being registered that remain unsold at
         the termination of the offering.

      (b) The undersigned  registrant  hereby  undertakes  that, for purposes of
determining  any  liability  under  the  Securities  Act,  each  filing  of  the
registrant's  annual  report  pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act (and,  where  applicable,  each filing of an employee  benefit plan's annual
report  pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is  incorporated  by
reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities  offered therein,  and the offering of such
securities  at that time shall be deemed to be the  initial  bona fide  offering
thereof.

      (h)  Insofar  as  indemnification   for  liabilities   arising  under  the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors,  officers and controlling  persons
of the  registrant  pursuant to the  provisions  described  in Item 6 above,  or
otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities
and  Exchange  Commission  such  indemnification  is  against  public  policy as
expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,  unenforceable.  In the event
that a claim  for  indemnification  against  such  liabilities  (other  than the
payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling  person of the registrant in the  successful  defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director,  officer or controlling person
in connection with the securities being registered,  the registrant will, unless
in the  opinion  of its  counsel  the matter  has been  settled  by  controlling
precedent,  submit to a court of appropriate  jurisdiction  the question whether
such  indemnification  by it is  against  public  policy  as  expressed  in  the
Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. The
undertaking  of the  registrant  in the  preceding  sentence  does not  apply to
insurance against liability arising under the Securities Act.

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SIGNATURES

The Registrant.
--------------

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies  that it has  reasonable  grounds to believe  that it meets all of the
requirements  for  filing  on Form S-8 and has  duly  caused  this  registration
statement  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized,  in the  city of  Portland,  state  of  Oregon,  on the  31st day of
October, 2000.

                                     LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORPORATION
                                     (Registrant)

                                     By  /s/ Curtis M. Stevens
                                         -----------------------------
                                         Curtis M. Stevens
                                         Vice President, Treasurer and
                                         Chief Financial Officer

      Pursuant  to  the  requirements  of  the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  this
registration  statement  has  been  signed  by  the  following  persons  in  the
capacities indicated as of the 31st day of October, 2000.

                Signature                                    Title

(1)  Principal Executive Officer and Director
MARK A. SUWYN*                                     Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
                                                   Officer and Director

(2)  Principal Financial and Accounting Officer:

CURTIS M. STEVENS*                                 Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
(3)  A majority of the Board
     of Directors:

WILLIAM C. BROOKS*                                 Director
E. GARY COOK*                                      Director
ARCHIE W. DUNHAM*                                  Director
PAUL W. HANSEN*                                    Director
DONALD R. KAYSER*                                  Director
BRENDA LAUDERBACK*                                 Director
PATRICK F. McCARTAN*                               Director
LEE C. SIMPSON*                                    Director
COLIN D. WATSON*                                   Director

      *By /s/ Anton C. Kirchhof
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             Anton C. Kirchhof
             Attorney-in-fact

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

4.1   The registrant's  Restated  Certificate of Incorporation.  Incorporated by
      reference  to Exhibit  3(a) to the  registrant's  Form 10-Q report for the
      quarter ended June 30, 1993.

4.2   The  registrant's  Bylaws  as  amended  June  26,  2000.  Incorporated  by
      reference  to Exhibit  3.1 to the  registrant's  Form 10-Q  report for the
      quarter ended June 30, 2000.

4.3   Rights  Agreement,  dated as of May 26, 1998,  between the  registrant and
      First Chicago  Trust  Company of New York, as Rights Agent,  including the
      form of Right  Certificate  as  Exhibit  A and the  Summary  of  Rights to
      Purchase  Preferred  Shares as Exhibit B.  Incorporated  by  reference  to
      Exhibit 1 to the registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed May
      26, 1998.

5     Opinion of Miller  Nash LLP as to the  legality  of the  securities  being
      registered.

23.1  Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.

23.2  Consent of Miller Nash LLP (included in Exhibit 5).

24    Power of attorney of certain officers and directors.

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      Other exhibits listed in Item 601 to Regulation S-K are not applicable.

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