The Leipsic River is a tidal river very similar to the Smyrna River. Put in at the Garrison Lake Fishing Access Area. The first part of this run is very pretty, leading you first through swamps and then through a narrow marsh. Below Route 9, the river winds through the heart of a vast, beautiful marshland of which little is visible because of the tall reeds. It is still pretty though, and because it flows through Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, the lower part of this river is one of the few stretches in southern Delaware where you do not encounter duck blinds on every corner. Access to the mouth is nonexistent so you can either double all the way back to Route 9 or paddler nearly five miles down the bay to the boat ramp at Port Mahon.