EXHIBIT 23.1



REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of Crown Vantage Inc.:

We have audited the consolidated statements of operations, cash flows, and 
changes in equity of Crown Vantage Inc. and subsidiaries, as described in 
Note 2, for the year ended December 31, 1995 which financial statements are 
included on pages 26 through 46 of the 1997 Annual Report to shareholders of 
Crown Vantage Inc. and incorporated by reference herein.  We have also 
audited the financial statement schedule for the period since inception 
through December 31, 1995 listed in the index on page 12 of this Form 10-K.  
These financial statements are the responsibility of the management of Crown 
Vantage Inc.  Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial 
statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards.
Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable
assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement.  An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.  An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. 
We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.  

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in 
all material respects, the consolidated results of operations and cash flows 
of Crown Vantage Inc. and subsidiaries, as described in Note 2, for the year 
ended December 31, 1995, in conformity with generally accepted accounting 
principles.  In addition, in our opinion, the financial statement schedule 
referred to above, when considered in relation to the basic financial 
statements taken as a whole, presents fairly, in all material respects, the 
information required to be included therein.

                                       COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.


Oakland, California
February 23, 1996


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