A replica of the Sairy Gamp. The original, now in the collection of the Smithsonian, was built by John Henry Rushton for George Washington Sears (pen name Nessmuk). Nessmuk's articles describing his solo voyages on the waterways of the Adirondacks played an important role in shaping late 1800's attitudes toward the natural environment and how people interacted with it. The canoe is built of cedar and elm strips. It weighs less than 14 pounds.