Registration No. 33-55105



                       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.)

 111 S.W. Fifth Avenue                                    97204
 Portland, Oregon                                      (Zip Code)
 (Address of principal
  executive offices)

                          LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORPORATION
                        1994 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                            (Full title of the plan)

                                  MARK A. SUWYN
                      Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
                          Louisiana-Pacific Corporation
                              111 S.W. Fifth Avenue
                             Portland, Oregon 97204
                            Telephone: (503) 221-0800
           (Name, address, and telephone number of agent for service)



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                                 DEREGISTRATION









                                 DEREGISTRATION
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                  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  1994 Employee  Stock Purchase Plan is
700,000  shares,  of which 57,761  shares have been sold since the  Registration
Statement  became  effective and 642,239 shares remain unsold.  The Registration
Statement is hereby amended to deregister the 642,239 remaining shares.




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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  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, as of the 16th day of September, 1997.

                                       LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORPORATION
                                       (Registrant)

                                       By: /s/ Mark A. Suwyn
                                           Mark A. Suwyn
                                           Chairman and Chief Executive 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 16th day of September,
1997.

     Signature                        Title
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/s/ Mark A. Suwyn                Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Mark A. Suwyn                    (Principal Executive Officer)


/s/ William L. Hebert            Vice President, Treasurer and Controller
William L. Hebert                (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)


* PIERRE S. duPONT IV            Director

* BONNIE GUITON HILL             Director

* D. R. KAYSER                   Director

* CHARLES E. YEAGER              Director


* By /s/ William L. Hebert
     William L. Hebert,  attorney-in-fact  for each officer and director  before
     whose name an asterisk appears.



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