The village was destroyed in the Halifax Explosion on December 6 , 1917 . One of the Mi ' kmaq families that were living at Tufts Cove during the explosion was Jeremiah ( Bartlett ) Lonecloud 's , who lost two daughters and one of his eyes . The survivors were recorded in Lonecloud 's journal . The Turtle Grove settlement was never rebuilt after the explosion . The survivors were settled in other Nova Scotian reserves . The dominant feature of Tufts Cove is the Tufts Cove Generating Station , whose smokestacks tower over the area . The construction of the plant required the purchase and subsequent destruction of a large number of the neighbourhood 's homes by the Nova Scotia Light and Power Company , Limited in 1964 . The plant is now operated by Nova Scotia Power Inc. , a subsidiary of Emera Inc
Halifax Explosion
Halifax Explosion
Tufts Cove, Nova Scotia