<PAGE>

    As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2001.

                                              Registration No. 333 - ___________


                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                   FORM S-8
                            REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                   UNDER THE
                            SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                          GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION
            (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)


           Georgia                                         93-0432081
(State or other jurisdiction of                (IRS Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)


                          133 Peachtree Street, N.E.
                            Atlanta, Georgia 30303
                                (404) 652-4000
                  (Address, including zip code and telephone
                        number, including area code of
                  Registrant's principal executive offices)



              GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION - GEORGIA-PACIFIC GROUP
                    CANADIAN EMPLOYEES STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

                           (Full Title of the Plan)

                           Kenneth F. Khoury, Esq.
             Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Secretary
                         Georgia-Pacific Corporation
                          133 Peachtree Street, N.E.
                            Atlanta, Georgia 30303
                                (404) 652-4000
               (Name, address, including zip code and telephone
               number, including area code of agent for service)
<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                     CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                       Proposed
    Title of                                Proposed maximum            maximum
 Securities to be       Amount to be         offering price       aggregate offering      Amount of
  registered           registered (1)         per share (2)               price        registration fee
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                   <C>                   <C>                   <C>                  <C>
Georgia-Pacific
 Group Common
 Stock, par value
 $ 0.80                100,000 shares              $28.17              $2,817,000              $704.25
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>

(1)  Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
     "Securities Act") this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate
     amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit
     plan described herein.

(2)  Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
     pursuant to Rule 457 of the Securities Act on the average high and low
     prices of the common stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on
     March 23, 2001.


                                    PART I
             INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

Item 1.    Plan Information.

     Not required to be filed.

Item 2.    Registration Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.

     Not required to be filed.


                                    PART II
               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT


Item 3.    Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

     Georgia-Pacific Corporation (the "Corporation") hereby incorporates by
reference into this Registration Statement the documents listed below which have
been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"):

           (a)  The Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
                ended December 30, 2000;
<PAGE>

           (b)  The Annual Report on Form 11-K for the year ended December 31,
                2000 of the Georgia-Pacific Corporation - Georgia-Pacific Group
                Canadian Employees Stock Purchase Plan;

           (c)  The Corporation's Current Reports on Form 8-K dated March 2,
                2001 and March 15, 2001;

           (d)  The description of the Georgia-Pacific Group Stock set forth in
                the Corporation's registration statements filed by the
                Corporation pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange
                Act of 1934, including any amendment or report filed for
                purposes of updating any such description, as filed on October
                29, 1997, November 7, 1997, and June 23, 1999; and

           (e)  Annual Reports on Form 11-K subsequently filed by the Georgia-
                Pacific Corporation - Georgia-Pacific Group Canadian Employees
                Stock Purchase Plan pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the
                Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), and all
                reports and documents subsequently filed by the Corporation
                pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange
                Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that
                indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or
                that deregisters all such securities then remaining unsold.

     Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated
herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of
this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or
in any subsequently filed document that also is, or is deemed to be,
incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute part of this Registration Statement.

Item 4.    Description of Securities.

     Not applicable.

Item 5.    Interest of Named Experts and Counsel.

     Not applicable.

Item 6.    Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

     Subsection (a) of Section 14-2-851 of the Georgia Business Corporation
Code ("GBCC") provides that a corporation may indemnify a director against
liability incurred (a) in a civil proceeding (1) if, in the case of conduct in
such director's capacity as a director, the conduct was in good faith and
reasonably believed by such director to be in the best interests of the
corporation, and (2) if, in all other cases, such director's conduct was at
least not opposed to the best interests of the corporation; and (b) in a
criminal proceeding, if the director had no reasonable cause to believe such
conduct was unlawful.  Subsection (d) of Section 14-2-851 of
<PAGE>

the GBCC provides that a corporation may not indemnify a director in connection
with a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation, except for reasonable
expenses incurred in connection with the proceeding if it is determined that the
director has met the relevant standard of conduct under Section 14-2-851, or in
connection with any proceeding with respect to conduct for which such director
was adjudged liable on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received
by such director, whether or not involving action in such director's capacity as
a director. Notwithstanding the foregoing, pursuant to Section 14-2-854 of the
GBCC, an appropriate court may order a corporation to indemnify a director if
such court determines, in view of all the relevant circumstances, that it is
fair and reasonable to indemnify the director even if the director has not met
the relevant standard of conduct set forth Section 14-2-851 of the GBCC, failed
to comply with Section 14-2-853 of the GBCC, or was adjudged liable in a
proceeding referred to in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (d) of
Section 14-2-851 of the GBCC, but if the director was adjudged so liable, the
indemnification shall be limited to reasonable expenses incurred in connection
with the proceeding.

     Section 14-2-852 of the GBCC provides that, a corporation shall indemnify a
director who was wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense
of any proceeding to which such director was a party because such director was a
director of the corporation, against reasonable expenses incurred by the
director in connection with the proceeding.

     Section 14-2-857 of the GBCC provides that a corporation may indemnify and
advance expenses to an officer of the corporation who is a party to a proceeding
because such person is an officer of the corporation to the same extent as a
director. If the officer is not a director, (or if the officer is a director but
the sole basis on which such person is made a party to the proceeding is an act
or omission solely as an officer) to such further extent as may be provided by
the articles of incorporation, the bylaws, a resolution of the board of
directors, or contract except for liability arising out of conduct that
constitutes (1) appropriation, in violation of such person's duties, of any
business opportunity of the corporation, (2) acts or omissions that involve
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, or (3) receipt of an
improper personal benefit. An officer of a corporation who is not a director is
entitled to mandatory indemnification under Section 14-2-852 of the GBCC and may
apply to a court under Section 14-2-854 of the GBCC for indemnification or
advances for expenses, in each case to the same extent to which a director may
be entitled to indemnification or advances for expenses under those provisions.
Finally, a corporation may also indemnify and advance expenses to an employee or
agent who is not a director to the extent, consistent with public policy, that
may be provided by its articles of incorporation, bylaws, general or specific
action by its board of directors or contract.

     In accordance with the Corporation's restated Articles of Incorporation, as
amended, a director of the Corporation is not liable to the Corporation or its
shareholders for monetary damages for any action taken, or any failure to take
any action, as a director, except for liability related to (1) any appropriation
of any business opportunity of the Corporation, (2) acts or omissions that
involve intentional misconduct or a willful violation of law or (3) any
transactions from which the director received an improper personal benefit.
<PAGE>

     In accordance with the Corporation's restated Bylaws, every person (and the
heirs and personal representatives of such person) who is or was a director,
officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or of any other corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise in which such person
served as such at the request of the Corporation, shall be indemnified by the
Corporation against any and all liability and expenses (including, without
limitation, counsel fees and disbursements, and amounts of judgments, fines or
penalties against, or amounts paid in settlement by, a director, officer,
employee or agent) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection
with or resulting from any threatened, pending or completed claim, action, suit
or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative or in
connection with any appeal relating thereto, in which such person may become
involved, as a party or otherwise, or with which such person may be threatened,
by reason of being or having been a director, officer, employee or agent of the
Corporation or such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise, or by reason of any action taken or omitted by such person in
such person's capacity as such director, officer, employee or agent whether or
not such person continues to be such at the time such liability or expense shall
have been incurred.

     Every person (and the heirs and personal representatives of such person),
to the extent that such person has been successful on the merits or otherwise
with respect to any claim, action, matter, suit or proceeding is entitled to
indemnification, as of right, for expenses (including attorney's fees) actually
and reasonable incurred by such person in connection therewith. Except as
provided in the preceding sentence, upon receipt of a claim for indemnification
under the Corporation's restated Bylaws, the Board of Directors of the
Corporation shall, if the claim is made by a director or officer of the
Corporation, determine whether the claimant met the applicable standard of
conduct as set forth in paragraphs (A) and (B) below. If such determination has
not been made within 90 days after the claim is asserted, the claimant shall
have the right to require that the determination be submitted to the
shareholders at the next regular meeting of shareholders by vote of a majority
of the shares entitled to vote thereon. If a claim is made by a person who is
not a director or officer of the Corporation, the appropriate officers of the
Corporation shall determine, subject to applicable law, the manner in which
there shall be made the determination as to whether the claimant met the
applicable standard of conduct as set forth in paragraphs (A) and (B) below. In
the case of each claim for indemnification, the Corporation shall pay the claim
to the extent the determination is favorable to the person making the claim.

          (A)  In the case of a claim, action, suit or proceeding other than by
               or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its
               favor, the director, officer, employee or agent must have acted
               in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
               best interests of the Corporation, and, in addition, in any
               criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe
               that the conduct was unlawful. In addition, any director seeking
               indemnification must not have been adjudged liable on the basis
               that any personal benefit was received by such person.

          (B)  In the case of a claim, action, suit or proceeding by or in the
               right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor, the
               director, officer, employee or agent must have acted in good
               faith in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
               the best interests of the Corporation; provided, however, that no
<PAGE>

               indemnification shall be made (1) with regard to any claim, issue
               or matter as to which such director, officer, employee or agent
               shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Corporation unless
               and only to the extent that the court in which such action or
               suit was brought shall determine that, despite the adjudication
               of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case,
               such director, officer, employee or agent is fairly and
               reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses that the court
               shall deem proper, or (2) for amounts paid, or expenses incurred,
               in connection with the defense or settlement of any such claim,
               action, suit or proceeding, unless a court of competent
               jurisdiction has approved indemnification with regard to such
               amounts or expenses.

     Pursuant to the Corporation's restated Bylaws, expenses incurred by any
person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation
with respect to any claim, action, suit or proceeding of the character described
in the first sentence of the preceding paragraph shall be advanced by the
Corporation prior to the final disposition thereof upon receipt of an
undertaking by or on behalf of the recipient to repay such amount if it shall be
ultimately determined that such person is not entitled to indemnification.
Indemnification and advancement of expenses pursuant to the Corporation's
restated Bylaws is not exclusive of any rights to which any such director,
officer, employee or other person may otherwise be entitled by contract or by
law.

     The Corporation carries insurance policies insuring its liability to
officers and directors under the foregoing indemnity and insuring its officers
and directors against liability incurred in their capacity as such.

Item 7.    Exemption from Registration Claimed.

     Not applicable.

Item 8.    Exhibits.

          Exhibit No.  Description

            4.1(i)     Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of December 16, 1997,
                       between Georgia-Pacific Corporation and First Chicago
                       Trust Company of New York, with form of Georgia-Pacific
                       Group Rights Certificate attached as Exhibit A-1, form of
                       Timber Group Rights Certificate attached as Exhibit A-2,
                       Series B Preferred Stock Designation attached as Exhibit
                       B-1 and Series C Preferred Stock Designation attached as
                       Exhibit B-2 (Filed as Exhibit 8 to the Corporation's
                       Registration Statement on Form 8-A as filed with the
                       Commission on November 26, 1997, and incorporated herein
                       by this reference thereto).

            4.1(ii)    Amendment No. 1 to the Amended and Restated Rights
                       Agreement, effective November 8, 1999 (Filed as Exhibit
                       4.3(ii) to the Corporation's
<PAGE>

                       Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 1,
                       2000, and incorporated herein by this reference thereto).

            4.1(iii)   Amendment No. 2 to the Amended and Restated Rights
                       Agreement, effective July 18, 2000 (Filed as Exhibit 4.1
                       to the Corporation's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
                       the quarter ended July 1, 2000, and incorporated herein
                       by this reference thereto).

            4.2(i)     Indenture, dated as of March 1, 1983, between Georgia-
                       Pacific Corporation and The Chase Manhattan Bank
                       (National Association), Trustee (Filed as Exhibit 4.4(i)
                       to the Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
                       year ended December 31, 1996, and incorporated herein by
                       this reference thereto).

            4.2(ii)    First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 27, 1988,
                       among Georgia-Pacific Corporation, The Chase Manhattan
                       Bank (National Association), Trustee, and Morgan Guaranty
                       Trust Company of New York (Filed as Exhibit 4.4(ii) to
                       the Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
                       ended December 31, 1996, and incorporated herein by this
                       reference thereto).

            4.2(iii)   Agreement of Resignation, Appointment and Acceptance,
                       dated as of January 31, 1992 by and among Georgia-Pacific
                       Corporation, Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York
                       and The Bank of New York, as Successor Trustee (Filed as
                       Exhibit 4.4(iii) to the Corporation's Annual Report on
                       Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996, and
                       incorporated herein by this reference thereto).

            4.3        Form of Purchase Contract Agreement relating to Stock
                       Purchase Contracts and Stock Purchase Units (Filed as
                       Exhibit 4(p) to the Corporation's Registration Statement
                       on Form S-3, as filed with the Commission on June 30,
                       1999, and incorporated herein by this reference thereto).

            4.4        Form of Pledge Agreement for Stock Purchase Contracts and
                       Stock Purchase Units (Filed as Exhibit 4(q) to the
                       Corporation's Registration Statement on Form 8-A relating
                       to File No.333-80757 as filed with the Commission on June
                       25, 1999, and incorporated herein by this reference
                       thereto).

            4.5        Form of Remarketing Agreement between Georgia-Pacific
                       Corporation and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated (Filed
                       as Exhibit 4(u) to the Corporation's Registration
                       Statement on Form S-3, as filed with the Commission on
                       June 30, 1999, and incorporated herein by this reference
                       thereto).
<PAGE>

            4.6        Second Supplemental Indenture among Georgia-Pacific
                       Corporation, Fort James Corporation, and The Bank of New
                       York, dated February 19, 2001.

            4.7        Form of Stock Purchase Units (included as Exhibits A and
                       B of Exhibit 4.3) (Filed as Exhibit 4(v) to the
                       Corporation's Registration Statement on Form S-3, as
                       filed with the Commission on June 30, 1999, and
                       incorporated herein by this reference thereto).

            4.8        In reliance upon Item 601(b)(4)(iii) of Regulation S-K,
                       various instruments defining the rights of holders of
                       long-term debt of the Corporation are not being filed
                       herewith because the total of securities authorized under
                       each such instrument does not exceed 10% of the total
                       assets of the Corporation. The Corporation hereby agrees
                       to furnish a copy of any such instrument to the
                       Commission upon request.

            23.1       Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.

            23.2       Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

            24         Power of Attorney (included on the signature page).

            99         Georgia-Pacific Corporation - Georgia-Pacific Group
                       Canadian Employees Stock Purchase Plan (Filed as Exhibit
                       99 to the Corporation's Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 on
                       Form S-8 to the Corporation's Registration Statement on
                       Form S-4, as filed with the Commission on March 30, 2001,
                       and incorporated herein by this reference thereto).

Item 9.    Undertakings.

     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;

        (ii)   To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
               the effective date of this 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 this Registration Statement;

        (iii)  To include any material information with respect to the plan of
               distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration
               Statement or any material change to such information in this
               Registration Statement;
<PAGE>

provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) above 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 section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference in this 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 which remain unsold at the termination of
this offer.

     (4) 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 13(d) of the Exchange Act) that
is incorporated by reference in this 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.

     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 foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the 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.
<PAGE>

                                   SIGNATURES

     The Registrant.  Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable ground 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 Atlanta, State of Georgia, on this 30th
day of March, 2001.

                                        GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION


                                        By: /s/ Danny W. Huff
                                           -------------------------------------
                                            Danny W. Huff
                                            Executive Vice President - Finance
                                            And Chief Financial Officer



     The Plan.  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
trustees (or other persons who administer the Plan) have duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized in the City of Atlanta, State of Georgia, on this 30th day of
March, 2001.


                                        GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION
                                        GEORGIA-PACIFIC GROUP CANADIAN EMPLOYEES
                                        STOCK PURCHASE PLAN



                                        By: /s/ Patricia A. Barnard
                                           -------------------------------------
                                            Patricia A. Barnard
                                            Executive Vice President -
                                            Human Resources
<PAGE>

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Each person whose signature appears below appoints James F. Kelley and
Kenneth F. Khoury, and either of them (with full power in each to act alone), as
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution, for him in
his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, any amendments to
this Registration Statement and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and
other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact, or
their substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities indicated below and on the dates indicated.


Signature                           Title                            Date

/s/ A.D. Correll            Director, Chairman, Chief             March 30, 2001
-------------------------   Executive Officer and  President
A.D. Correll                (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Danny W. Huff           Executive Vice President -            March 30, 2001
-------------------------   Finance and Chief Financial
Danny W. Huff               Officer (Principal Financial Officer)


/s/ James E. Terrell        Vice-President and Controller         March 30, 2001
-------------------------   (Principal Accounting Officer)
James E. Terrell


/s/ James S. Balloun        Director                              March 30, 2001
-------------------------
James S. Balloun


/s/ Barbara L. Bowles       Director                              March 30, 2001
-------------------------
Barbara L. Bowles


/s/ Robert Carswell         Director                              March 30, 2001
-------------------------
Robert Carswell


/s/ Worley H. Clark, Jr.    Director                              March 30, 2001
-------------------------
Worley H. Clark, Jr.
<PAGE>

/s/ Jane Evans                  Director                       March 30, 2001
---------------------------
Jane Evans


/s/ Donald V. Fites             Director                       March 30, 2001
---------------------------
Donald V. Fites


/s/ Harvey C. Fruehauf, Jr.     Director                       March 30, 2001
---------------------------
Harvey C. Fruehauf, Jr.


/s/ Richard V. Giordano         Director                       March 30, 2001
---------------------------
Richard V. Giordano


/s/ David R. Goode              Director                       March 30, 2001
---------------------------
David R. Goode


/s/ M. Douglas Ivester          Director                       March 30, 2001
---------------------------
M. Douglas Ivester


/s/ James R. Kelly              Director                       March 30, 2001
---------------------------
James P. Kelly


                                Director
---------------------------
Louis W. Sullivan, M.D.


/s/ James B. Williams           Director                       March 30, 2001
---------------------------
James B. Williams
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2001.

                                              Registration No. 333 - ___________

                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                   FORM S-8
                            REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                   UNDER THE
                            SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                          GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION
            (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

           Georgia                                         93-0432081
(State or other jurisdiction of                (IRS Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)

                          133 Peachtree Street, N.E.
                            Atlanta, Georgia 30303
                                (404) 652-4000
                  (Address, including zip code and telephone
                        number, including area code of
                  Registrant's principal executive offices)

              GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION - GEORGIA-PACIFIC GROUP
                    CANADIAN EMPLOYEES STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

                           (Full Title of the Plan)

                           Kenneth F. Khoury, Esq.
             Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Secretary
                         Georgia-Pacific Corporation
                          133 Peachtree Street, N.E.
                            Atlanta, Georgia 30303
                                (404) 652-4000
               (Name, address, including zip code and telephone
               number, including area code of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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                                                                       Proposed
    Title of                                Proposed maximum            maximum
 Securities to be       Amount to be         offering price       aggregate offering      Amount of
  registered           registered (1)         per share (2)               price        registration fee
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Georgia-Pacific
 Group Common
 Stock, par value
 $ 0.80                100,000 shares              $28.17              $2,817,000              $704.25
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1)  Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
     "Securities Act") this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate
     amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit
     plan described herein.

(2)  Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
     pursuant to Rule 457 of the Securities Act on the average high and low
     prices of the common stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on
     March 23, 2001.

                                    PART I
             INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

Item 1.    Plan Information.

     Not required to be filed.

Item 2.    Registration Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.

     Not required to be filed.

                                    PART II
               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.    Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

     Georgia-Pacific Corporation (the "Corporation") hereby incorporates by
reference into this Registration Statement the documents listed below which have
been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"):

           (a)  The Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
                ended December 30, 2000;
(b)  The Annual Report on Form 11-K for the year ended December 31,
                2000 of the Georgia-Pacific Corporation - Georgia-Pacific Group
                Canadian Employees Stock Purchase Plan;

           (c)  The Corporation's Current Reports on Form 8-K dated March 2,
                2001 and March 15, 2001;

           (d)  The description of the Georgia-Pacific Group Stock set forth in
                the Corporation's registration statements filed by the
                Corporation pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange
                Act of 1934, including any amendment or report filed for
                purposes of updating any such description, as filed on October
                29, 1997, November 7, 1997, and June 23, 1999; and

           (e)  Annual Reports on Form 11-K subsequently filed by the Georgia-
                Pacific Corporation - Georgia-Pacific Group Canadian Employees
                Stock Purchase Plan pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the
                Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), and all
                reports and documents subsequently filed by the Corporation
                pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange
                Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that
                indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or
                that deregisters all such securities then remaining unsold.

     Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated
herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of
this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or
in any subsequently filed document that also is, or is deemed to be,
incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute part of this Registration Statement.

Item 4.    Description of Securities.

     Not applicable.

Item 5.    Interest of Named Experts and Counsel.

     Not applicable.

Item 6.    Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

     Subsection (a) of Section 14-2-851 of the Georgia Business Corporation
Code ("GBCC") provides that a corporation may indemnify a director against
liability incurred (a) in a civil proceeding (1) if, in the case of conduct in
such director's capacity as a director, the conduct was in good faith and
reasonably believed by such director to be in the best interests of the
corporation, and (2) if, in all other cases, such director's conduct was at
least not opposed to the best interests of the corporation; and (b) in a
criminal proceeding, if the director had no reasonable cause to believe such
conduct was unlawful.  Subsection (d) of Section 14-2-851 of
the GBCC provides that a corporation may not indemnify a director in connection
with a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation, except for reasonable
expenses incurred in connection with the proceeding if it is determined that the
director has met the relevant standard of conduct under Section 14-2-851, or in
connection with any proceeding with respect to conduct for which such director
was adjudged liable on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received
by such director, whether or not involving action in such director's capacity as
a director. Notwithstanding the foregoing, pursuant to Section 14-2-854 of the
GBCC, an appropriate court may order a corporation to indemnify a director if
such court determines, in view of all the relevant circumstances, that it is
fair and reasonable to indemnify the director even if the director has not met
the relevant standard of conduct set forth Section 14-2-851 of the GBCC, failed
to comply with Section 14-2-853 of the GBCC, or was adjudged liable in a
proceeding referred to in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (d) of
Section 14-2-851 of the GBCC, but if the director was adjudged so liable, the
indemnification shall be limited to reasonable expenses incurred in connection
with the proceeding.

     Section 14-2-852 of the GBCC provides that, a corporation shall indemnify a
director who was wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense
of any proceeding to which such director was a party because such director was a
director of the corporation, against reasonable expenses incurred by the
director in connection with the proceeding.

     Section 14-2-857 of the GBCC provides that a corporation may indemnify and
advance expenses to an officer of the corporation who is a party to a proceeding
because such person is an officer of the corporation to the same extent as a
director. If the officer is not a director, (or if the officer is a director but
the sole basis on which such person is made a party to the proceeding is an act
or omission solely as an officer) to such further extent as may be provided by
the articles of incorporation, the bylaws, a resolution of the board of
directors, or contract except for liability arising out of conduct that
constitutes (1) appropriation, in violation of such person's duties, of any
business opportunity of the corporation, (2) acts or omissions that involve
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, or (3) receipt of an
improper personal benefit. An officer of a corporation who is not a director is
entitled to mandatory indemnification under Section 14-2-852 of the GBCC and may
apply to a court under Section 14-2-854 of the GBCC for indemnification or
advances for expenses, in each case to the same extent to which a director may
be entitled to indemnification or advances for expenses under those provisions.
Finally, a corporation may also indemnify and advance expenses to an employee or
agent who is not a director to the extent, consistent with public policy, that
may be provided by its articles of incorporation, bylaws, general or specific
action by its board of directors or contract.

     In accordance with the Corporation's restated Articles of Incorporation, as
amended, a director of the Corporation is not liable to the Corporation or its
shareholders for monetary damages for any action taken, or any failure to take
any action, as a director, except for liability related to (1) any appropriation
of any business opportunity of the Corporation, (2) acts or omissions that
involve intentional misconduct or a willful violation of law or (3) any
transactions from which the director received an improper personal benefit.
In accordance with the Corporation's restated Bylaws, every person (and the
heirs and personal representatives of such person) who is or was a director,
officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or of any other corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise in which such person
served as such at the request of the Corporation, shall be indemnified by the
Corporation against any and all liability and expenses (including, without
limitation, counsel fees and disbursements, and amounts of judgments, fines or
penalties against, or amounts paid in settlement by, a director, officer,
employee or agent) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection
with or resulting from any threatened, pending or completed claim, action, suit
or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative or in
connection with any appeal relating thereto, in which such person may become
involved, as a party or otherwise, or with which such person may be threatened,
by reason of being or having been a director, officer, employee or agent of the
Corporation or such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise, or by reason of any action taken or omitted by such person in
such person's capacity as such director, officer, employee or agent whether or
not such person continues to be such at the time such liability or expense shall
have been incurred.

     Every person (and the heirs and personal representatives of such person),
to the extent that such person has been successful on the merits or otherwise
with respect to any claim, action, matter, suit or proceeding is entitled to
indemnification, as of right, for expenses (including attorney's fees) actually
and reasonable incurred by such person in connection therewith. Except as
provided in the preceding sentence, upon receipt of a claim for indemnification
under the Corporation's restated Bylaws, the Board of Directors of the
Corporation shall, if the claim is made by a director or officer of the
Corporation, determine whether the claimant met the applicable standard of
conduct as set forth in paragraphs (A) and (B) below. If such determination has
not been made within 90 days after the claim is asserted, the claimant shall
have the right to require that the determination be submitted to the
shareholders at the next regular meeting of shareholders by vote of a majority
of the shares entitled to vote thereon. If a claim is made by a person who is
not a director or officer of the Corporation, the appropriate officers of the
Corporation shall determine, subject to applicable law, the manner in which
there shall be made the determination as to whether the claimant met the
applicable standard of conduct as set forth in paragraphs (A) and (B) below. In
the case of each claim for indemnification, the Corporation shall pay the claim
to the extent the determination is favorable to the person making the claim.

          (A)  In the case of a claim, action, suit or proceeding other than by
               or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its
               favor, the director, officer, employee or agent must have acted
               in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
               best interests of the Corporation, and, in addition, in any
               criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe
               that the conduct was unlawful. In addition, any director seeking
               indemnification must not have been adjudged liable on the basis
               that any personal benefit was received by such person.

          (B)  In the case of a claim, action, suit or proceeding by or in the
               right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor, the
               director, officer, employee or agent must have acted in good
               faith in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
               the best interests of the Corporation; provided, however, that no
indemnification shall be made (1) with regard to any claim, issue
               or matter as to which such director, officer, employee or agent
               shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Corporation unless
               and only to the extent that the court in which such action or
               suit was brought shall determine that, despite the adjudication
               of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case,
               such director, officer, employee or agent is fairly and
               reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses that the court
               shall deem proper, or (2) for amounts paid, or expenses incurred,
               in connection with the defense or settlement of any such claim,
               action, suit or proceeding, unless a court of competent
               jurisdiction has approved indemnification with regard to such
               amounts or expenses.

     Pursuant to the Corporation's restated Bylaws, expenses incurred by any
person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation
with respect to any claim, action, suit or proceeding of the character described
in the first sentence of the preceding paragraph shall be advanced by the
Corporation prior to the final disposition thereof upon receipt of an
undertaking by or on behalf of the recipient to repay such amount if it shall be
ultimately determined that such person is not entitled to indemnification.
Indemnification and advancement of expenses pursuant to the Corporation's
restated Bylaws is not exclusive of any rights to which any such director,
officer, employee or other person may otherwise be entitled by contract or by
law.

     The Corporation carries insurance policies insuring its liability to
officers and directors under the foregoing indemnity and insuring its officers
and directors against liability incurred in their capacity as such.

Item 7.    Exemption from Registration Claimed.

     Not applicable.

Item 8.    Exhibits.

          Exhibit No.  Description

            4.1(i)     Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of December 16, 1997,
                       between Georgia-Pacific Corporation and First Chicago
                       Trust Company of New York, with form of Georgia-Pacific
                       Group Rights Certificate attached as Exhibit A-1, form of
                       Timber Group Rights Certificate attached as Exhibit A-2,
                       Series B Preferred Stock Designation attached as Exhibit
                       B-1 and Series C Preferred Stock Designation attached as
                       Exhibit B-2 (Filed as Exhibit 8 to the Corporation's
                       Registration Statement on Form 8-A as filed with the
                       Commission on November 26, 1997, and incorporated herein
                       by this reference thereto).

            4.1(ii)    Amendment No. 1 to the Amended and Restated Rights
                       Agreement, effective November 8, 1999 (Filed as Exhibit
                       4.3(ii) to the Corporation's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 1,
                       2000, and incorporated herein by this reference thereto).

            4.1(iii)   Amendment No. 2 to the Amended and Restated Rights
                       Agreement, effective July 18, 2000 (Filed as Exhibit 4.1
                       to the Corporation's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
                       the quarter ended July 1, 2000, and incorporated herein
                       by this reference thereto).

            4.2(i)     Indenture, dated as of March 1, 1983, between Georgia-
                       Pacific Corporation and The Chase Manhattan Bank
                       (National Association), Trustee (Filed as Exhibit 4.4(i)
                       to the Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
                       year ended December 31, 1996, and incorporated herein by
                       this reference thereto).

            4.2(ii)    First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 27, 1988,
                       among Georgia-Pacific Corporation, The Chase Manhattan
                       Bank (National Association), Trustee, and Morgan Guaranty
                       Trust Company of New York (Filed as Exhibit 4.4(ii) to
                       the Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
                       ended December 31, 1996, and incorporated herein by this
                       reference thereto).

            4.2(iii)   Agreement of Resignation, Appointment and Acceptance,
                       dated as of January 31, 1992 by and among Georgia-Pacific
                       Corporation, Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York
                       and The Bank of New York, as Successor Trustee (Filed as
                       Exhibit 4.4(iii) to the Corporation's Annual Report on
                       Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996, and
                       incorporated herein by this reference thereto).

            4.3        Form of Purchase Contract Agreement relating to Stock
                       Purchase Contracts and Stock Purchase Units (Filed as
                       Exhibit 4(p) to the Corporation's Registration Statement
                       on Form S-3, as filed with the Commission on June 30,
                       1999, and incorporated herein by this reference thereto).

            4.4        Form of Pledge Agreement for Stock Purchase Contracts and
                       Stock Purchase Units (Filed as Exhibit 4(q) to the
                       Corporation's Registration Statement on Form 8-A relating
                       to File No.333-80757 as filed with the Commission on June
                       25, 1999, and incorporated herein by this reference
                       thereto).

            4.5        Form of Remarketing Agreement between Georgia-Pacific
                       Corporation and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated (Filed
                       as Exhibit 4(u) to the Corporation's Registration
                       Statement on Form S-3, as filed with the Commission on
                       June 30, 1999, and incorporated herein by this reference
                       thereto).
4.6        Second Supplemental Indenture among Georgia-Pacific
                       Corporation, Fort James Corporation, and The Bank of New
                       York, dated February 19, 2001.

            4.7        Form of Stock Purchase Units (included as Exhibits A and
                       B of Exhibit 4.3) (Filed as Exhibit 4(v) to the
                       Corporation's Registration Statement on Form S-3, as
                       filed with the Commission on June 30, 1999, and
                       incorporated herein by this reference thereto).

            4.8        In reliance upon Item 601(b)(4)(iii) of Regulation S-K,
                       various instruments defining the rights of holders of
                       long-term debt of the Corporation are not being filed
                       herewith because the total of securities authorized under
                       each such instrument does not exceed 10% of the total
                       assets of the Corporation. The Corporation hereby agrees
                       to furnish a copy of any such instrument to the
                       Commission upon request.

            23.1       Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.

            23.2       Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

            24         Power of Attorney (included on the signature page).

            99         Georgia-Pacific Corporation - Georgia-Pacific Group
                       Canadian Employees Stock Purchase Plan (Filed as Exhibit
                       99 to the Corporation's Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 on
                       Form S-8 to the Corporation's Registration Statement on
                       Form S-4, as filed with the Commission on March 30, 2001,
                       and incorporated herein by this reference thereto).

Item 9.    Undertakings.

     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;

        (ii)   To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
               the effective date of this 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 this Registration Statement;

        (iii)  To include any material information with respect to the plan of
               distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration
               Statement or any material change to such information in this
               Registration Statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) above 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 section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference in this 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 which remain unsold at the termination of
this offer.

     (4) 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 13(d) of the Exchange Act) that
is incorporated by reference in this 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.

     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 foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the 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.
SIGNATURES

     The Registrant.  Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable ground 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 Atlanta, State of Georgia, on this 30th
day of March, 2001.

                                        GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION

                                        By: /s/ Danny W. Huff
                                           -------------------------------------
                                            Danny W. Huff
                                            Executive Vice President - Finance
                                            And Chief Financial Officer

     The Plan.  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
trustees (or other persons who administer the Plan) have duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized in the City of Atlanta, State of Georgia, on this 30th day of
March, 2001.

                                        GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION
                                        GEORGIA-PACIFIC GROUP CANADIAN EMPLOYEES
                                        STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

                                        By: /s/ Patricia A. Barnard
                                           -------------------------------------
                                            Patricia A. Barnard
                                            Executive Vice President -
                                            Human Resources
POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Each person whose signature appears below appoints James F. Kelley and
Kenneth F. Khoury, and either of them (with full power in each to act alone), as
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution, for him in
his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, any amendments to
this Registration Statement and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and
other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact, or
their substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities indicated below and on the dates indicated.

Signature                           Title                            Date

/s/ A.D. Correll            Director, Chairman, Chief             March 30, 2001
-------------------------   Executive Officer and  President
A.D. Correll                (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Danny W. Huff           Executive Vice President -            March 30, 2001
-------------------------   Finance and Chief Financial
Danny W. Huff               Officer (Principal Financial Officer)

/s/ James E. Terrell        Vice-President and Controller         March 30, 2001
-------------------------   (Principal Accounting Officer)
James E. Terrell

/s/ James S. Balloun        Director                              March 30, 2001
-------------------------
James S. Balloun

/s/ Barbara L. Bowles       Director                              March 30, 2001
-------------------------
Barbara L. Bowles

/s/ Robert Carswell         Director                              March 30, 2001
-------------------------
Robert Carswell

/s/ Worley H. Clark, Jr.    Director                              March 30, 2001
-------------------------
Worley H. Clark, Jr.
/s/ Jane Evans                  Director                       March 30, 2001
---------------------------
Jane Evans

/s/ Donald V. Fites             Director                       March 30, 2001
---------------------------
Donald V. Fites

/s/ Harvey C. Fruehauf, Jr.     Director                       March 30, 2001
---------------------------
Harvey C. Fruehauf, Jr.

/s/ Richard V. Giordano         Director                       March 30, 2001
---------------------------
Richard V. Giordano

/s/ David R. Goode              Director                       March 30, 2001
---------------------------
David R. Goode

/s/ M. Douglas Ivester          Director                       March 30, 2001
---------------------------
M. Douglas Ivester

/s/ James R. Kelly              Director                       March 30, 2001
---------------------------
James P. Kelly

                                Director
---------------------------
Louis W. Sullivan, M.D.

/s/ James B. Williams           Director                       March 30, 2001
---------------------------
James B. Williams