Welcome to the official website of Northern Ontario Fishing Guide, Folk Musician and Artist Don Charbonneau

This website is coming to you from Wawa Ontario Canada

Happy New Year Everyone !!!

His music comes from a place we all know
A place we call home
Leaky boats, motors that flood, big rolling waves, fish stories
trapping, mining and The Group of Seven 
Home ~ Good old Northern Ontario.

If you missed Don this summer you can catch his 
''One Man Traveling Art and Music Show"
at the Station Mall in Sault Ste. Marie
Starting November 20th to December 24th 2011
We would love to see you!

Proud Supporter of Canadian Art and Folk Music

New CD for 2011 "Out My Window" Is now available for purchase

..."this is a beautiful collection of songs,personal touching and funny"...F.M.Hart.

You can listen to all of his songs and view his artwork on this website. Enjoy!

Celebrating Canadian Art Through Music
His CD "Riding The Rails in Paradise" dedicated to the Group of Seven is now available to purchase on 
 our CD page.

Group of Seven in Algoma

Here is what Sault Ste.Marie musician, writer, artist and music producer Rusty McCarthy has to say about this new album:

..." Don has a mesmerizing ability to plant you in the middle of a lake, a mountain top, or whizzing through boreal forest on an old rail car.Yes, you can almost feel the blackflies and mosquitos, except that's not Buster Keaton out for a ride, it's our folk singing fishing guide Don Charbonneau with a multitude of stories about this Northern Land and the group of artists that made the region famous. These painters and their paintings have become cherished worldwide."

It was great artistic fun to work and play on this honest and retropespective Group of Seven project.
Rusty McCarthy ~ Recroom Studio . (July 29 ~ 2008)

Riding the Rails in Paradise ~ Song Inspiration

Review Lake Superior Magazine Editor Konnie LeMay
 
Gitche Gumee - Songs from the Lake, by Don Charbonneau

If you’re looking for a little road-trip music on your Circle Tour of Lake Superior, check out the latest CD by Don Charbonneau.
You can be assured that Don, who also works as a fishing guide out of Wawa, Ontario, knows Lake Superior. He also knows music, as do his backup musicians and those who produce his CDs locally.
This collection has both the most-requested songs about the region from his past albums plus six new tracks.
The quality of the production makes listening to these folk tunes a pleasure, and Don’s natural balladeer voice brings you into the tales told.
You can check out a sample at www.doncharbonneau.com