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                                   Exhibit 24


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

      Each person whose signature  appears below  designates and appoints CURTIS
M. STEVENS and ANTON C. KIRCHHOF, and each of them, the person's true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents to sign a registration  statement on Form S-8 to be
filed  by   Louisiana-Pacific   Corporation,   a   Delaware   corporation   (the
"Corporation"), with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, relating to up to 3,500,000 shares of the Corporation's
common stock, to be issued to participants in the Corporation's  Salaried 401(k)
and Profit Sharing Plan and its Hourly 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan,  together
with  an  indeterminate  amount  of  interests  in such  plans,  and any and all
amendments  thereto  (including  post-effective  amendments).  Each person whose
signature   appears  below  also  grants  full  power  and  authority  to  these
attorneys-in-fact and agents to take any action and execute any instruments that
they deem necessary or desirable in connection  with the  preparation and filing
of the registration statement, as fully as the person could do in person, hereby
ratifying  and  confirming  all that the  attorneys-in-fact  and agents or their
substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done.

      IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  this power of attorney has been  executed by each of
the undersigned as of the 1st day of November, 2003.


Signature                           Title


/s/ Mark A. Suwyn
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Mark A. Suwyn                       Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
                                    Officer, and Director

/s/ Curtis M. Stevens
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Curtis M. Stevens                   Executive Vice President, Administration and
                                    Chief Financial Officer
/s/ E. Gary Cook
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E. Gary Cook                        Director

/s/ Archie W. Dunham
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Archie W. Dunham                    Director

/s/ Daniel K. Frierson
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Daniel K. Frierson                  Director



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

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

/s/ Dustan E. McCoy
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Dustan E. McCoy                     Director

/s/ Lee C. Simpson
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Lee C. Simpson                      Director

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


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