Game Canadians play on Madera beach

If the objects are cylindrical, I suspect it may be a game called Bones. We play it every summer at the lake in Alberta. The 'bones' are placed in the sand in a line about 10 inches apart, one line for each player or team. Each player gets 3 bones to toss to see how many can be knocked over. Then the other team gets a turn. First one to knock down all the bones wins! It was probably played with buffalo bones back in the day.