Upper Amherst Cove, is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Situated approximately 20 kilometers southeast of Bonavista, it lies just off Route 235.
[1] The nearest post office dates back to 1864 in Trinity Bay.
[citation needed] The community was first settled by inshore fishermen in the mid-1800s, attracted by the abundant local resources.
In addition to the cod fishery, residents engaged in winter logging in Blackhead Bay, which supplemented their incomes.