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When I drove out there in August of '17 during my first trip to Delphi, I ended up getting off of U.S. 24 by Peru, and was able to follow the general path of the Wabash River on West River Road. It's not something I'd planned, stopped in Peru and then got down the road a bit, and noticed a road literally follows the path of the river on the south side of it. I picked up U.S. 24 again on the west side of Lewisburg, then drove a short distance to the junction with IN 25 (Hoosier Heartland Highway).
The Wabash is normally fairly shallow, but always wide, where it runs between Delphi and Pittsburg. The Tippecanoe appears to be similar, so far as it being shallow. So both rivers are conducive to handling kayaks and other small craft, or "personal watercraft" as I'd describe them. The creeks which run into both rivers are generally shallow most of the time, and again can handle personal watercraft. I'm more familiar with Deer and Wildcat creeks, they run east-to-west into the Wabash, vs. any creeks which might run west-to-east.
I became more familiar with that area, between Kokomo and Delphi, while on a work assignment down that way late last year. On my 2nd trip to Delphi which was last October, I took IN 18 westward and picked up U.S. 421 south of Delphi. On that trip, I wanted to walk the trails and just get a feel for the time it would take to walk from one place to another on the trails, keep note of how many people were out there, etc. Deer Creek was fairly low on that pleasant day, I walked along it at the bottom of the Girard Trail, walking back towards the MHB along the bank. At one point I couldn't go any further, and from there I couldn't see the bridge, so I turned around, went back up the Girard Trail, and then walked to MHB.
The gorge is steep and impassible in spots along there, I'd imagine Wildcat Creek has some similar features. I'd imagine the creeks and rivers along there found their paths after a glacial period in the past, so folks into geology would probably find the area interesting. So in a nut shell, the creeks and rivers around Delphi stay shallow, to a degree, most of the year.
Edit: Yes there are public and private ramps along the waterways around there.
The creeks running into both rivers act as a "drain" for the surrounding countryside.
JMO