SparkFun Qwiic Shield for Arduino Nano with ELEGOO Nano problems?

I’m unable to access QWIIC devices using the ELEGOO Nano Board CH 340/ATmega+328P which is supposed to be Nano 3.0 compatible.

It appears the common issue here is A4/A5 not being the SDA/SDL pins on a particular clone, but from the documentation that appears not to be the case.

Suggestions to troubleshoot from here?

Thanks!