Terence Cantarella launches on his four day Canoe Project exploration on Monday morning from near NE 69th St. and Biscayne Blvd. in Miami.

On Monday, April 16, listen to WLRN Miami Herald News (on 91.3 FM/91.5 FM in the Keys)  at  8:04 a.m. and 1:04 p.m. for launch coverage. We’ll also be airing updates every morning and afternoon through Thursday.

Sean Rowe was hired by Miami New Times in June 1990 by Jim Mullin.  Rowe was the first person we know of who circumnavigated Miami’s canals. We asked Mullin, who is now the publisher and editor of Biscayne Times, what it was like to be his editor on this project over two decades ago.

Q: How did you first learn about Sean’s plan and what was your initial reaction?

Jim Mullin: I hired Sean Rowe as a staff writer at The Miami New Times. Within a few months he expressed interest in writing an adventure story.

Terence Cantarella, the man behind the the Canoe Project here at WLRN, had a chat with The Miami Herald‘s Michael Alen this week about waking up at day break, not sleeping well, and other aspects of spending four days straight in a canoe.

The Canoe Project was an idea of Terence’s to shed some light on the unrecognized backdrop to our lives here in Miami-Dade: our city’s vast network of canals.