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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 6-K

  REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of November 10, 2004.

Commission File Number ___________


                          WESTERN FOREST PRODUCTS INC.
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                 (Translation of registrant's name into English)

       3rd Floor, 435 Trunk Road, Duncan, British Columbia Canada V9L 2P9
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                    (Address of principal executive office)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports
under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F. Form 20-F [X]  Form 40-F [ ]


Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as
permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): _____

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Form 6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to security
holders.

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jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally
organized (the registrant's "home country"), or under the rules of the home
country exchange on which the registrant's securities are traded, as long as the
report or other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has
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material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other
Commission filing on EDGAR.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information
contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the
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Yes [ ]  No [X]

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connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82- ___________________.

                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

                                                  WESTERN FOREST PRODUCTS INC.
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                                                          (Registrant)

Date November 10, 2004                       By          /s/ P.G. Hosier
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                                                          (Signature)*
                                                        Philip G. Hosier
                                                       Corporate Secretary


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NOVEMBER 5, 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

          WFP'S LADYSMITH MILL CLOSES TEMPORARILY DUE TO SOFTENING MARKETS

DUNCAN, BC. Western Forest Products Inc. (TSX: WEF) today announced that it is
temporarily shutting down its Ladysmith saw mill due to softening US lumber
markets and the high exchange rate of the Canadian dollar.

About 70 workers are affected. Work will stop at the end of the last shift on
November 12, 2004, and will resume with the first shift on January 4, 2005.

About 30 workers will keep the planer mill running at Ladysmith for another two
or three weeks before it also shuts down until January 4, 2005.

"We are disappointed that we have to take this action," says Reynold Hert,
President and Chief Executive Officer. "This mill has run well and the employees
have done a great job through some difficult times at Western. Unfortunately, we
have seen a decline in our US lumber markets so we feel we must take this
prudent step."

Hert adds that the high Canadian dollar has also injured the competitiveness of
WFP lumber in the US.

Western Forest Products is an integrated Canadian forest products company and
the second largest coastal woodland operator in BC. Principal activities
conducted by WFP include timber harvesting, reforestation, sawmilling logs into
lumber and wood chips, value added manufacturing, and producing NBSK pulp. Its
products are sold in 30 countries worldwide.

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