Registration No. 333-53695
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549



                         POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1

                                       TO

                                    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)            (I.R.S. EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NO.)

          805 S.W. Broadway
          Portland, Oregon                             97205-3303
(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)               (ZIP CODE)


                        LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORPORATION
                        1998 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                            (FULL TITLE OF THE PLAN)



                                  MARK A. SUWYN
                      Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
                          Louisiana-Pacific Corporation
                                805 S.W. Broadway
                           Portland, Oregon 97205-3303
                            Telephone: (503) 821-5100
            (NAME, ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)



                                 DEREGISTRATION

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                                 DEREGISTRATION


     The total  number of shares of common  stock,  $1 par value per  share,  of
Louisiana-Pacific  Corporation registered pursuant hereto for issuance under the
Louisiana-Pacific  Corporation  1998 Employee  Stock  Purchase Plan is 1,500,000
shares,  of which 40,230 shares have been sold since the Registration  Statement
became effective and 1,459,770 shares remain unsold. The Registration  Statement
is hereby amended to deregister the 1,459,770 remaining shares and to transfer a
portion  of the  registration  fee  related  to  those  1,459,770  shares  up to
$8,802.41   to  a  new   Registration   Statement   on  Form  S-8  to  be  filed
contemporaneously  by   Louisiana-Pacific   Corporation  relating  to  5,000,000
additional shares to be issued under its 1997 Incentive Stock Award Plan.





                                   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
post-effective amendment to registration statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned,  thereunto duly authorized,  in the city of Portland,  state of
Oregon, on the 7th day of May, 2002.

                                    LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORPORATION
                                    (Registrant)


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


     Pursuant  to  the   requirements  of  the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  this
post-effective  amendment  to  registration  statement  has been  signed  by the
following persons in the capacities indicated as of the 7th day of May, 2002.

      SIGNATURE                                 TITLE

*MARK A. SUWYN               Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director
                             (Principal Executive Officer)


/s/ Curtis M. Stevens        Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial
- ------------------------     Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting
Curtis M. Stevens            Officer)



*WILLIAM C. BROOKS            Director


/s/ E. Gary Cook             Director
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E. Gary Cook


*ARCHIE W. DUNHAM             Director



/s/ Paul W. Hansen           Director
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Paul W. Hansen


/s/ Brenda J. Lauderback     Director
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Brenda J. Lauderback


                             Director
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Patrick F. McCartan



* LEE C. SIMPSON             Director



/s/ Colin D. Watson          Director
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Colin D. Watson


*By /s/ Anton C. Kirchhof
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     Anton C. Kirchhof,  attorney-in-fact  for each officer and director  before
whose name an asterisk appears.