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

This website is coming to you from Wawa Ontario Canada

From fishing guide to songwriter - Don Charbonneau decided one day to write a song about his old 1965 StarCraft fishing boat and embarked on a new career.
This wilderness fishing guide has written and released six albums of original music in the 6 last years and working on a new CD for 2010.
Two of his albums are a tribute to Canadian artist Tom Thomson and The Group of Seven.
His love for the Northern Ontario landscape shines through in familiar themes such as fishing, trapping and working on the land.

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

Don's new art blog  http://doncharbonneau.blogspot.com/

Celebrating Canadian Art Through Music
Don's new '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